At a time when politics has turned into spectacle, the citizen becomes a member of the audience. This is not merely alienation—it is a structural displacement of public life. Action is replaced by reaction, engagement by performance, and meaningful participation by symbolic gestures of visibility. This work offers a critical reflection on the erosion of citizenship in the age of media-driven politics, digital interfaces, and the aesthetics of entertainment.

Drawing on thinkers like Arendt, Debord, Foucault, and Baudrillard, it examines the shift from politics as deliberation to politics as consumable narrative. Against the paralysis masked as engagement, the book challenges the role of the spectator and explores possibilities for recovering collective action, shared responsibility, and real presence in public space.