Alex Colston reviews Anton Jäger's "Hyperpolitics," filling in gaps in the book's short argument and arguing for the importance of political formations and activities independent of official political society.
Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences
POLITICS AFTER THE END OF THE END OF HISTORYWhat happens when politics is everywhere, yet nothing seems to change? From the abandoned dance floors of Thatcher’s London to the mass mobilizations of Black Lives Matter, Anton Jäger traces how public life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency — while the old infrastructure of parties, unions, and civic solidarity has been hollowed out.Hyperpolitics revisits the illusions of the “end of history” and dissects the strange energies that replaced them: viral outrage, endless culture wars, and the digital rush of causes that flare and vanish overnight. Jäger shows how the promises of post–Cold War liberalism gave way to a restless, unsteady public sphere where private passions overflow into politics but rarely build enduring power.Ranging from Guy Debord and Wolfgang Tillmans to Houellebecq’s disenchanted fictions, Hyperpolitics makes sense of a world in which collective action remains fragmented and the social fabric thinner than ever. For anyone trying to grasp why our age feels so charged yet so inconsequential, this book offers a vital map through the new contradictions of our hyperpolitical moment.
Anarchist Calisthenics, by James C. Scott
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Anarchism
Geoffrey Ostergaard Anarchism 1993 Published in The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social and Political Thought, pp. 12–14.
Not a new Weimar, or new 1930s: “We live in a period without a real precedent”. Interview with Anton Jäger
Upon the release of his new book Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences, September sat down with historian of political thought Anton Jäger to discuss the rise of the new right, the dynamics of politicization in contemporary Western societies, and what the current historical moment demands from the left.
matthew ellis on Twitter / X
Lots of reviews of @AntonJaegermm’s Hyperpolitics in the past few months but I have to say the latest episode of @leftofphil is the only one that seems to understand the stakes for the conjuncture we’re in https://t.co/xnYA34JkOp— matthew ellis (@matthiasellis) September 21, 2026
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Welcome. I’m a professor of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, where I direct the Media Economies Design Lab and teach and learn from our students. I’ve written a book each on online democracy, cooperative enterprise, the Occupy movement, and God, and I’ve edited ones about solidarity economies, crypto, and co-ops. Reporting articles for both magazines and academic journals keeps my notebooks filled. Working with others to build a democratic economy keeps me accountable.
/leftypol/ - leftypol.org on Twitter / X
hyperpolitics by anton jäger is to the 2020s what capitalist realism by mark fisher was to the 2010s pic.twitter.com/7Wjscq7lNi— /leftypol/ - leftypol.org (@leftypol_org) September 13, 2026
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