Self Destruction of a Social Movement – Antiglobalist Movement and the Global Civil Society Cover Image

Samounicestwienie ruchu społecznego - ruch antyglobalistyczny a globalne społeczeństwo obywatelskie
Self Destruction of a Social Movement – Antiglobalist Movement and the Global Civil Society

Author(s): Piotr Gliński
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anti-globalist movement; alter-globalism; social movement; network structure; quasi-interactions; interactive structure; virtual community; radicalism; active citizenship; global civil society; mediatization

Summary/Abstract: In this paper I analyse ten characteristic features of the contemporary anti-globalist movement thus providing evidence for the argument that it is an example of a "new" new social movement. The anti-globalist movement exhibits a set of internal contradictions. For example, the uncivil tactics the movement employs clash with the civic nature of its sole rational objective, which is the grass-roots evolutionary modelling of institutions and civic communities. A consequence of this in-born paradox is the futility of anti-globalists' actions, which in turn entails the self-destruction tendency of the anti-globalist movement.

  • Issue Year: 181/2006
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 103-126
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish