Novara Media Do Your Own Research: Isolated, Scared, and Furious: Welcome to the Age of Hyperpolitics
Mar 28, 2026
Anton Jäger, Oxford lecturer and author of Hyperpolitics, explores rising politicization without strong institutions. He discusses why mass parties faded, how protests often lack durable organization, the role of digital tools and 2008-era shocks, and what hybrid forms of politics might look like. Short, sharp takes on the shape and risks of our newly hyperpolitical world.
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Minneapolis Networks Reactivated After Five Years
- Minneapolis shows lower-scale crystallization: networks from 2020 BLM persisted and reactivated in anti-ICE actions five years later.
- Jaeger and Richard Hames note daily meeting squares and WhatsApp-era reactivation of those networks.
Hyperpolitics Defined
- Hyperpolitics means rising politicization without renewed institutional channels.
- Anton Jaeger defines it as repoliticization without re-institutionalization across the OECD West since 2008-2009.
Crisis Plus Internet Sparked Renewed Protest
- The 2008–09 financial crash was the primary fuse for renewed political activity, while digital platforms accelerated mobilization.
- Jaeger links austerity, frozen credit and food price shocks to global protest waves starting 2009–2011.
