{"product_id":"politics-of-rightful-killing","title":"Politics of Rightful Killing","description":"In the early 2000s, mainstream international news outlets celebrated the growth of Weblogistan—the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers—and depicted it as a liberatory site that gave voice to Iranians. As Sima Shakhsari argues in \u003ci\u003ePolitics of Rightful Killing\u003c\/i\u003e, the common assumptions of Weblogistan as a site of civil society consensus and resistance to state oppression belie its deep internal conflicts. While Weblogistan was an effective venue for some Iranians to “practice democracy,” it served as a valuable site for the United States to surveil bloggers and express anti-Iranian sentiment and policies. At the same time, bloggers used the network to self-police and enforce gender and sexuality norms based on Western liberal values in ways that unwittingly undermined Weblogistan's claims of democratic participation. In this way, Weblogistan became a site of cybergovernmentality, where biopolitical security regimes disciplined and regulated populations. Analyzing online and off-line ethnography, Shakhsari provides an account of digital citizenship that raises questions about the internet's relationship to political engagement, militarism, and democracy.","brand":"Sima Shakhsari","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615433777532,"sku":"9781478005964","price":93.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781478005964_db959655-0508-42e8-96e3-304fecce6cc6.jpg?v=1725883396","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/politics-of-rightful-killing","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}