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What is fact when the leaders of your country deny it? Disinformation is the new weapon in the political warfare that dominates the headlines, and social media has enabled it to spread like wildfire. Are we heading towards a world of mass surveillance and repressive regimentation of people and behaviours within society? Are we unwittingly experiencing the end of liberal democracy, and what are the alternatives?
Political scientist Anne Norton, in her new book Wild Democracy, questions the principles of liberalism and modern democracies and calls for a more anarchic, more courageous democracy to avoid the drift towards authoritarianism. But would this place too much power in the hands of the people?
Join Anne Norton, Myriam François, and Saeed Khan for a fascinating discussion about the current state of democracy in the modern world, how we can navigate a world where the ‘truth’ is not all that it seems, and what future alternative systems could look like.
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Anne Norton
Anne Norton is the inaugural Stacey and Henry Jackson President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. A scholar of political theory, Norton is the author of seven books, including On the Muslim Question and 95 Theses on Politics, Culture and Method. She is Co-Founding Editor of the journal Theory and Event and on the executive board of the journal Political Theory. She also serves on the board of the Bridge Initiative of the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. Her present work concerns problems of property and democracy. Norton taught at Notre Dame, Princeton, and the University of Texas before coming to Penn in 1993. Norton’s new book, Wild Democracy, is published by Oxford University Press.
Dr Myriam François
Myriam François, is an English journalist, filmmaker and writer. Her work has appeared on the BBC, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera. She is the founder and CEO of production company MPWR productions, which specialises in documentary films which centre on minoritised voices.
Salman Sayyid
Salman Sayyid is a Professor of Rhetoric and Decolonial Thought and Head of the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds. He has authored major publications, including Recalling the Caliphate, now in its second edition published by Hurst in 2022, and leads a pioneering research programme on Critical Muslim Studies. Sayyid is the founding editor of ReOrient: The Journal of Critical Muslim Studies, and his work has been translated into nearly a dozen languages.
About the Chair
Saeed Khan
Saeed Khan is Senior Lecturer in Near East & Asian Studies and Global Studies at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. He is also the co-founder of the Institute for Social Policy & Understanding, and a panelist on Turning Point for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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