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Epic Fail (How Hacktivists Expose Democracy's Flaws)
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Product Details
Author:
Ashley E. Gorham
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
238
Publisher:
MIT Press (November 10, 2026)
Imprint:
The MIT Press
Release Date:
November 10, 2026
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9780262056427
ISBN-10:
0262056429
Weight:
13oz
Dimensions:
6" x 9"
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List Price:
$60.00
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United States
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65
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Information Policy
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24
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Overview
A provocative and clear-eyed exploration of hacktivism as a democratic practice.
In 1998, the early hacktivist group Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) burst onto the world stage with their “virtual sit-in” in support of the Zapatistas’ struggle against neoliberalism in Mexico, but by the time WikiLeaks and Anonymous made their own headlines in the 2010s, they were all but forgotten by the public. As all three groups begin to recede into the past, we are left with the question of the efficacy of hacktivism.
In Epic Fail, Ashley Gorham uses democratic theory to unpack this question by examining these three especially prominent hacktivist groups. While each is shown to have its own “bug” or “fail,” failure itself is rehabilitated as an inevitable component of all democratic action, which serves as both warning and inspiration for future democratic theorists and actors alike.
The book enriches our understanding not only of hacktivism but also of democratic theory as the groups’ bugs highlight problems within the individual theories discussed—epistemic and radical democracy.
In 1998, the early hacktivist group Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) burst onto the world stage with their “virtual sit-in” in support of the Zapatistas’ struggle against neoliberalism in Mexico, but by the time WikiLeaks and Anonymous made their own headlines in the 2010s, they were all but forgotten by the public. As all three groups begin to recede into the past, we are left with the question of the efficacy of hacktivism.
In Epic Fail, Ashley Gorham uses democratic theory to unpack this question by examining these three especially prominent hacktivist groups. While each is shown to have its own “bug” or “fail,” failure itself is rehabilitated as an inevitable component of all democratic action, which serves as both warning and inspiration for future democratic theorists and actors alike.
The book enriches our understanding not only of hacktivism but also of democratic theory as the groups’ bugs highlight problems within the individual theories discussed—epistemic and radical democracy.
