Hyperpolitics: Anton Jäger in conversation with James Schneider - Gower St

Anton Jäger traces how pub­lic life has become infused with protest, spectacle, and moral urgency. What 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. Anton Jäger will be in conversation with James Schneider. ANTON JÄGER is a Lecturer in Politics at Oxford and an opinion writer for the New York Times. He is the co-author (with Arthur Borriello) of The Populist Moment and (with Daniel Zamora) Welfare for Markets. JAMES SCHNEIDER is a writer and political organiser. He serves as the Communications Director for the Progressive International and was Director of Strategic Communications for the Labour Party under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.