[eBook Code] Defiant Publics (eBook Code, 1st)

List of figures vii

Acknowledgements viii

Introduction: Goals and Values that are Inescapably Public 1

1 The Crowded Public Sphere and its Discontents 24

2 Market Fundamentalism and the Worried Public 54

3 Digital Publics and the Culture of Dissent 89

4 Nixers, Fixers, and the Axes of Conformity 115

5 Infinite Varieties of the Modern Public: Novelty, Surprise, and Uncertainty 144

Appendix: Critical Human Rights Conventions of the Global Public Domain 172

A Note on Sources 179

Select Bibliography 184

Index 187