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Re-reading the riots: counter-conduct in London 2011’
The riots that took place in England in August 2011 have widely been described as destructive, senseless and without purpose. This article, taking inspiration from Michel Foucault’s later work on revolt as counter-conduct, argues for a new understand- ing of how to read political expression and thereby calls for the riots to be thought differ- ently, as a form of counter-conduct. This demands a new appreciation for the possibilities of revolt where spontaneous, impulsive, mundane and non-spectacular events like riots can be construed as political rather than purely criminal. It also opens up possibilities for how we might understand the ethos of the “revolting subject”.
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Global SocietyISSN
1360-0826Publisher
Taylor & FrancisExternal DOI
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2Volume
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320-339Department affiliated with
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2016-11-14First Open Access (FOA) Date
2017-10-03First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2016-11-13Usage metrics
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