The Liberal Internet in the Postliberal Era : Digital Sovereignty, Private Government, and Practices of Neutralization / Johannes Thumfart.

Introduction -- Conceptual, Terminological, and Methodological Clarifications -- The Construction of Digital Sovereignty in Struggles for Recognition -- Net Neutrality, State Neutrality, and Neutralization -- The Critique of Liberal Neutrality and the Concept of Neutralization -- The Neutralizing Mechanism of Liberalism -- The Aporias of Liberalism Before the Digital Age -- The Aporias of Liberalism in the Digital Age -- Practices of Neutralization -- Conclusion: Beyond the End of History.

This book explores how the internet, once a pillar of liberal globalization, has become a site of contestation in the postliberal era. Johannes Thumfart examines the rise of digital sovereignty, the emergence of private government by Big Tech, and the erosion of liberal neutrality. Drawing on political theory, international relations, and empirical case studies, the book introduces the concept of "neutralization" as a pragmatic alternative to neutrality in digital governance.

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