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Representation

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Wark, M. (2004). Representation. In Wark, M. A Hacker Manifesto. Harvard University Press, pp. 207-232

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And always, what escapes effective counter in this imaginary, enlightened state is the power of the ruling classes, which have no need for representation which dominate through owning and controlling production, including the production of representation. What calls to be hacked is not the representations of the state, but the class rule based on an exploitative bifurcation of expression into lack and plenitude.

on identity politics, basically ("the politics of representation"), and how productive classes get caught up in representations other than class interest (nationalism, etc)

—p.221 by McKenzie Wark 6 years, 10 months ago

And always, what escapes effective counter in this imaginary, enlightened state is the power of the ruling classes, which have no need for representation which dominate through owning and controlling production, including the production of representation. What calls to be hacked is not the representations of the state, but the class rule based on an exploitative bifurcation of expression into lack and plenitude.

on identity politics, basically ("the politics of representation"), and how productive classes get caught up in representations other than class interest (nationalism, etc)

—p.221 by McKenzie Wark 6 years, 10 months ago