Christian Fuchs is a professor of media and communication studies and a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (www.triple-c.at) and author of many books, including Social Media: A Critical Introduction, Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter, Digital Labour and Karl Marx, and Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age.

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• 1. Introduction Part 1. Foundations of a Marxist Theory of Nationalism 2. Bourgeois Theories of Nationalism 3. Marx’s Concept of Nationalism 4. Otto Bauer’s and Rosa Luxemburg’s Opposing Theories of the Nation and Nationalism 5. Contemporary Marxist Theories of Nationalism Part 2. Nationalism on Social Media 6. German Nationalism on Social Media in the 2017 Elections to the Bundestag 7. Online Nationalism and Social Media-Authoritarianism in the Context of the ÖVP/FPÖ-Government in Austria 8. Conclusion: A Society of the Commons Beyond Authoritarianism and Nationalism

Christian Fuchs is a professor of media and communication studies and a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (www.triple-c.at) and author of many books, including Social Media: A Critical Introduction, Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter, Digital Labour and Karl Marx, and Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age.

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• 1. Introduction Part 1. Foundations of a Marxist Theory of Nationalism 2. Bourgeois Theories of Nationalism 3. Marx’s Concept of Nationalism 4. Otto Bauer’s and Rosa Luxemburg’s Opposing Theories of the Nation and Nationalism 5. Contemporary Marxist Theories of Nationalism Part 2. Nationalism on Social Media 6. German Nationalism on Social Media in the 2017 Elections to the Bundestag 7. Online Nationalism and Social Media-Authoritarianism in the Context of the ÖVP/FPÖ-Government in Austria 8. Conclusion: A Society of the Commons Beyond Authoritarianism and Nationalism