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Democratization Through "Cancel Culture" - Three Levels of Artistic Freedom
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Abstract While 'cancel culture' is commonly regarded as limiting freedom of speech and artistic freedom, this article proposes a new understanding of 'cancel culture' as emancipatory norm-setting that is key for democratization. On a non-governmental level of the self-regulation of the art world, the argumen... view more
While 'cancel culture' is commonly regarded as limiting freedom of speech and artistic freedom, this article proposes a new understanding of 'cancel culture' as emancipatory norm-setting that is key for democratization. On a non-governmental level of the self-regulation of the art world, the argument for artistic freedom ignores the fact that art is permeated by power.The introduction of 'politically correct' norms leads to a justified redistribution of such power. On a parastatal level of public broadcasting and state cultural funding, neutrality is necessary but should be understood materially to include marginalized voices. Restrictions of freedom of speech and artistic freedom do occur on the state-level of hate-speech regulation. Here, the danger of a potential shift from emancipatory regulation to a harmful restriction is particularly virulent, as a discussion of the German BDS ban shows.... view less
Keywords
theory of democracy; radical democracy; protest; intersectionality; freedom; art; freedom of opinion; democratization; political correctness
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
constitutional rights; social protest; identity politics
Collection Title
Konfliktuelle Kulturpolitik
Editor
Schad-Spindler, Anke; Landau-Donnelly, Friederike; Fridrik, Stefanie; Marchart, Oliver
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Publisher
Springer VS
City
Wiesbaden
Page/Pages
p. 29-40
Series
Politologische Aufklärung - konstruktivistische Perspektiven
ISBN
978-3-658-40513-7
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0