The Revolution Might Be Tweeted but the Founding Will Not Be: Arendt and Innis on Time, Authority, and Appearance

This article examines political founding in an internet age.Drawing on Hannah Arendt and Harold Innis, the article considers the 2011 Egyptian revolution in light of three features of founding: the problems posed by beginning, authority, and appearance. It finds that death narratives, acceleration, and a personalized media dynamic complicated the Egyptian effort, but that new forms of visibility may prove promising. Cet article examine la fondation politique a l’ere d’internet. S’inspirant d’Hannah Arendt et d’Harold Innis, il considere la revolution egyptienne de 2011 par rapport a trois caracteristiques de la fondation, a savoir les problemes poses par le commencement, l’autorite et l’apparence. L’article constate que les narrations sur la mort, l’acceleration, et une dynamique personnalisee des medias ont complique l’effort egyptien, mais que de nouvelles formes de visibilite pourraient s’averer prometteuses.