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This ambitious collection of work at the intersection of cultural studies and contemporary political theory brings together leading thinkers from both traditions. The contributors to Cultural Studies and Political Theory expand definitions of politics in light of transformations in globally networked, consumer-driven, mediated technoculture. Comprehending the production of the political is crucial at a time when the political and the cultural ...

Argues that the political left has failed to claim its ideological victories and subsequently has enabled a depoliticization of crucially political concerns, such as the economy and capitalism.

Argues that the political left has failed to claim its ideological victories and subsequently has enabled a depoliticization of crucially political concerns, such as the economy and capitalism.

Blog Theory develops a critical theory of contemporary media. Advancing her account of communicative capitalism, Jodi Dean explores how new media practices like blogging, friending, and texting capture their users in networks of enjoyment, production, and surveillance.

Dean's argument is built around analyses of Bill Gates, Theodore Kaczynski, popular journalism, the Internet and technology, as well as the conspiracy theory subculture that has marked American history from the Declaration of Independence to the political celebrity of Hillary Rodham Clinton. The author claims that the media's insistence on the public's right to know leads to the indiscriminate investigation and dissemination of secrets. Conseq...