The sudden assertion of human criteria within a dehumanising framework of political manipulation can be like a flash of lightning illuminating a dark landscape
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Jeremy GilbertJeremy Gilbert is Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of East London. His publications include Discographies: Dance music, culture and the politics of sound (with Ewan Pearson, Routledge, 1999); and Cultural Capitalism: Politics after New Labour (ed. with Timothy Bewes, Lawrence Wishart, 2000). Recent articlesStriking a chord: from Milibland to Johnson land In the latest contribution to OurKingdom's Labour after Brown debate, Jeremy Gilbert argues for Labour without neoliberalism. What Mayor Boris Johnson signals for the LeftBoris Johnson's election as Mayor of London demonstrates a wider public distaste for the very idea of politics. Harry Potter and the Third Way Where does Harry Potter stand in relation to Tony Blair’s ‘New Britain’? Behind the specs and tousled hair, the parallel world of Hogwarts may be a replica of New Labour’s desired social order. But as both stories unfold, will the tensions between them sharpen? |
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