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1beyond the boundaries of particular nation states". Globalization shortens the distance between people all over the world by the electronic communication (Carely 1992 in Flew 2002) and Cairncross (1998) expresses this great development as the "death of distance". New media "radically break the connection between physical place and social place, making physical location much less significant for our social relationships" (Croteau and Hoynes 2003: 311). ¶ However, the changes in the new media environment create a series of tensions in the concept of "public sphere". According to Ingrid Volkmer, "public sphere" is defined as a process through which public communication becomes restructured and partly disembedded from national political and cultural institutions. This trend of the globalized public sphere is not only as a geographical expansion form a nation to worldwide, but also changes the relationship between the public, the media

2storied history (see Agitprop) that has changed at a rapid rate since New Media became widely used ( Chris Atton). The Zapatista Army of National Liberation of Chiapas, Mexico were the first major movement to make widely recognized and effective use of New Media for communiques and organizing in 1994. Since then, New Media has been used extensively by social movements to educate, organize, share cultural products of movements, communicate, coalition build, and more. The WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999 protest activity was another landmark in the use of New Media as a tool for social change. The WTO protests used media to organize the original action, communicate with and educate participants, and was used as an alternative media source. The Indymedia movement also developed out of this action, and has been a great tool in the democratization of information, which is another widely discussed aspect of new media movement. Some scholars even view this democratization

34), pp. 41-51. ¶ "Good Will and the Hermeneutics of Friendship: Gadamer, Derrida and Madison,"Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy, 8, no. 2 (Summer, 2004): 213-25. (Special issue entitled "Working Through Postmodernity: Essays in Honor of Gary B. Madison," ed. Paul Fairfield). ¶ "Love Among the Deconstuctibles: A Response to Prof. Lambert," Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory, Vol 5.2 (June, 2004), www.jcrt.org ¶ "Either/Or, Undecidability, and Two Concepts of Irony: Kierkegaard and Derrida," in The New Kierkegaard, ed. Elsebet Jegstrup (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004), pp. 14-

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8around networks. Networks constitute the new social morphology of our societies, and the diffusion of networking logic substantially modifies the operation and outcomes in processes of production, experience, power, and culture" (Castells 2000: 500). For Castells the network society is the result of informationalism, a new technological paradigm. Jan Van Dijk (2006) defines the network society as a "social formation with an infrastructure of social and media networks enabling its prime mode of organization at all levels (individual, group/organizational and societal). Increasingly, these networks link all units or parts of this formation (individuals, groups and organizations)" (Van Dijk 2006: 20). For Van Dijk networks have become the nervous system of society, whereas Castells links the concept of the network society to capitalist transformation, Van Dijk sees it as the logical result of the increasing widening and thickening of networks in nature and society

9<bos>I very sufficiently recalled the structure of this case by showing in it the analogy with the one developed by Freud in the story of the Ratman, in "The Individual Myth of the Neurotic". Or rather it was published somewhere without my consent, because I neither revised nor corrected this text, which makes it almost unreadable; nevertheless it has been hanging around here and there and one can find the broad lines of it ¶ In this complementary relationship of o, the object of a constitutive castration where our object as such is situated, with this remainder and where we cannot read everything, and especially our figure i(o), it is this that I tried to illustrate this year for you at the high point of my discourse. ¶ In the specular illusion, in the fundamental miscognition with which we always have to deal, does o take on the function of specular image under the form of i of o even though,

10the image was always in a way discrete. ¶ The production and realisation of images by an artist or filmmaker is a form of analysis, which treats images as discrete elements to be edited and assembled. The work of the spectator who puts this together in imagination as a "continuous" whole is a form of synthesis. That we experience the progression of images in film as a continuous movement is less the result of retinal persistence than it is of the spectator's expectations, which work to efface the editing. These expectations are always a question of the return of phantoms from the past: animation is always reanimation. Thus if the image is always discrete, it is so, as it were, discreetly, without drawing attention. But with digital technology it becomes possible not only to produce cinematic or televisual works in a new way, but to analyse and therefore interpret these in a new way—for example, to index images, camera movements, voices, etc.

11your grades, and, in my view, you are all *magna cum laude* material. Within the darkness of your ecstasy, you can reach all kinds of realisations, finding connections between things and people that you never dreamt possible -- but there is a flip side, an Other Side, in fact (2:219). But you guys have already been to school and are all old enough to handle it I suppose, so I don't really know what to say. At any rate, I'm particularly impressed at the way you have integrated your headspace into Cyberspace: I haven't seen this on the pagan, atheist, Buddhist and magik lists I frequent. They are clearly on the 1st circuit, you are on the 3rd at least. ¶ Incidentally, if you want to pursue James to Textile College, flash your ID card to Samantha the bodacious and

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13<bos>I can't remember the name of the forum -- but it was quite high up in the google ... I saw the date was very recent -- not beliefnet ... ¶ Mu ¶ On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Malihe Saltaneh <malihesaltaneh@yahoo.com>wrote:

14<bos>[email to lushka_poernomo@hotmail.com, 2000-01-01] Subject: Arrived london okay ¶ We arrived but our Internet seems to have been shut down by the nrighbours so expect our online visibility to null ¶ Grate 2 b able to cook and drive again. Almaty was short time but the place is like narnia so feels like time ran different here. Trip was successful because the hafiz Ul imaan brought family and intellectual baraqas in manifold measures to kstsn that's how he plays :) ¶ Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup be full may it be so again Let it be known there is a fountain that was not made by the hand of man! ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ This message was written with a mobile device - apologies for any

15Anyway, should your precious daughter decide not to become a lawyer, I vote that she continue the work of both you and Dara Shayda! ¶ Best to all, ¶ Auntie Alima Kalimah ¶ p.s & one of my hijabs is "eye of the mountain"<0xC2><0xA0> :) ¶ Salaam Alima/Kalimah, ¶ As you have gathered from our chats, names are rather important for me, and naming one's children extremely important (my daughters have 3 names each, as have I, beside the surname they took from me), and these names were certainly divinely inspired, they are so accurate:) I am flummoxed with cosmic amusement at my blessings when I call upon my girls! ¶ So ... why did you come to the elist scene this recently? I had the impression you knew these guys from a while back? ¶ Love and Light, ¶ Mu

16<bos>[email to correspondent, 2009-03-06] Subject: Enjoying your page ¶ Salaam Jalaledin, ¶ I found your site very enlightening, mashallah. I probably have some questions to ask you. Perhaps you might be interested in my blog, as I am sure we share many approaches to the Real: <0xC2><0xA0> http://thegoodgarment.wordpress.com/ ¶ The Tailor

17from North to South which I hope you will appreciate when I finish. ¶ The type of discussion that goes on in this particular forum reminds me of my father's old group of friends (he was into Meher Baba and Inayat Khan before he got tired of it and reverted). Whenever they would get irritated with each other, they would engage in accusations of who had the lowest stage of ego. I'm rather nostalgic for those more innocent times, so to an extent this forum brings back happy memories! ¶ Incidentally, people keep asking when you will join the new Sufi Seekers group on Beliefnet! It would be lovely to continue our discussions in that place, in which these guys here make brother Mourad appear to be quite the centre of coherence :) ¶ Love and light, ¶ The Tailor ¶ On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:33

18<bos>[email to correspondent, 2009-03-05] Subject: A blog on Sufism ¶ Salaam to my fellow seekers, ¶ I have a blog that touches on many many ideas from Tassawuf, as well as my experience of other systems of thought, including modern philosophy. Feel free to drop me a comment! ¶ http://thegoodgarment.wordpress.com/ ¶ The Tailor

19<bos>[email to correspondent, 2009-03-05] Subject: Enjoyed your page ¶ Salaams Dara, ¶ I found your site very enlightening, mashallah. I probably have some questions to ask you. Perhaps you might be interested in my blog anyway, http://thegoodgarment.wordpress.com/ ¶ The Tailor

20<bos>[email to correspondent, 2009-11-01] Subject: Sufism ¶ Peace be with you Nathalie, ¶ You posted a query about Sufism on the caravansarai site. As you can see, the forum currently has some problems between its members -- so you might not get much of value from there right now. ¶ Sufism is a broad Church and has many different styles -- ranging from something very close to "orthodox" Islam to Universalist movements that have only loose connections to Islamic practice. ¶ A good introduction online is here: http://www.uga.edu/islam/Sufism.html ¶ If you want a more personal view, I have a blog where I try to present what I have learnt about Islamic Sufism. The best place to start there is my short piece on the nature of reality and our journey through it to the Divine: ¶ http

21<bos>[salik888]: Greetings, ¶ If anyone wants to hear my band's CD, Coal Factory, an Americana along the lines of Tom Waits, Dylan, Basement Tapes, and old timey America that you could find with Dave Van Ronk or the Harry Smith Anthologies, send me postage and your CD is on its way free. I am getting ready to order the second batch and working on the second CD. I have some nibbles with Americana labels, so we keep showing up and suiting up. Website in the works, etc . . . in the slow grind of the economy. ¶ Kirk Miner and The Coal Factory ¶ Songs ¶ Polecat Million Dollar Bash Dark Hollow Kind Hearted Woman Pallet On The Floor I Want You Go Back Home Dear Landlord Climbin' UP, Sliding Down The Power And The Glory One More Cup of Coffee

22yahoo.com/group/Sufis_Without_Borders/ ¶ Please read it carefully, follow the instructions carefully, and re-apply accordingly. ¶ Regards and Salam, ¶ Musnawira shift moderator ¶ *** On Friday, July 3, you wrote: *Just another seeker always up for a chat about the journey.* *end* "My heart has gone mad, craving to be madder!" (Baba Taher) ¶ http://sufinews.blogspot.com http://www.suficartoons.com ¶ Salaam Musnawira, I have indeed read the homepage -- but can't see any instructions there on how to re-apply -- apart from the "join" button. ¶ I understand you have to be cautious about new members, Sufi-oriented forums can sometimes be a bit of a mixed bag. ¶ Musa

23<bos>[musnawira]: Eid Mubarak Ya All! ¶ In the Tavern Of Ruin every Eid is our first Eid!! ¶ Please join the frogs for a slice of cake and two rakaats of gratitude; jump in right now if you are west of Switzerland, at your right time if you live east of us: ¶ http://www.suficartoons.com/ ¶ Love and Green Wine, Mus ¶ [yosyflug@isdn.net.il]: Frog's Pond! ¶ :) ¶ there is one holiday which celebrates the most important event. one truly worth waiting for, a culmination of lifetime: the unrepeatable and unique precious and incomparable - today! ¶ best wishes all, @]->'->,-- yosy ¶ Alhumdulilah Yosy, as we pass through Rosh Hash

24<bos>[email to Assel Akzhalova, 2000-01-01] Subject: Re: problem ¶ [Assel Akzhalova]: Hi Iman, ¶ These days I couldn't send you my stuffs because I am not sure yet am I right on genetic algorithm. I spoke with guy from Mark Harman's group and he couldn't also tell me one way. He said that it's still not known what parameters should I take for the problem and it depends on concrete problem. Therefore I have to prove that my way is right. I read literature I found a lot of ways to solve but again it's not possible to test everything. I am upset that I brake. ¶ Assel. ¶ I see - let's discuss tomorrow at 4? ¶ Best wishes, ¶ Iman ¶ This message was written with a mobile device - apologies for

253, 2009 2:44 PM Subject: [caravansarai] Cleaning Up The Posts ¶ Dear Eroc & Froemds. ¶ Owing once again to on-line communications and my own inability to write clearly enough often, I wanted you to know that when I recently said ¶ "Take another look ..." ¶ regarding SWB posts, it wan't at all that I thought you should look more deeply but that, at the time you wrote about the situation, new posts had arrived. And now it doesn't matter much at all. ¶ Best, ¶ Kalimah ¶ Peace, Forgive my ignorance, but what exactly is SWB? You folk keep mentioning it, so I am curious as to its contents. If it is another forum, I'd be interested to know the address. ¶ Love and Light, ¶ Musa the Tailor

26<bos>[email to correspondent, 2009-01-30] Subject: Sakina site ¶ Salaams Olive, ¶ I enjoyed the barakah of your site very much. I have been working on a theological project that necessarily involves the Shekhina-Sophia in a number of ways. Perhaps you might enjoy my blog, which contains some of this content: ¶ http://community.beliefnet.com/journals/sblog_id/7908 ¶ and, in particular, here: ¶ http://community.beliefnet.com/journals/sblog_id/post_id/7908/27688 ¶ Always happy to chat with a fellow seeker ... ¶ The Tailor

27010-10-30] Subject: Re: poetry emergency ¶ Slm Barbara, ¶ It would be an honour! But will only be able to get you a bio Sunday morning, hope that's okay. ¶ Mu Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device ¶ Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:03:32 To: Musa of London<musa.of.london@gmail.com> Subject: poetry emergency ¶ Salams Mu, ¶ I have a favor to ask. I am ready to put up a literary ezine this weekend. I would very much like to put your Ordinance poem in it. ¶ Beg beg Beg - Plead Plead Plead ¶ Some others from SWB will be in it. ¶ If that is okay with you can you send me a brief bio to put with it. ¶ Peace, Barbara

28<bos>[Jennifer Reif]: Hi All, ¶ I found this page I thought was rather interesting regarding "Gnostic Islam." Here's the link: ¶ http://www.moorishacademy.org/articles/the_gnostics_of_islam.html ¶ Love, Jennifer http://www.demeter.spiritualitea.net ¶ Peace all, ¶ If you don't have a copy already, as Goddess Christians, I imagine you would certainly ENJOY the apocrypha contained within the "Gnostic Bible": http://www.amazon.com/Gnostic-Bible-Mystical-Ancient-Medieval/dp/1570622426 It's an ideal complement to the Gnostic Scriptures -- containing some key Nag Hammadi pieces, but also gnostic writing from wider afield (e.g., older Jewish sources, the Cathars, Asian

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