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State of Insecurity: Government of the Precarious (Futures)
Isabelle Lorey
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Description for State of Insecurity: Government of the Precarious (Futures)
Paperback. Charting the emergence of a new and disobedient self-government of the precarious. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JFFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 182.
If we do not understand precarization, then we understand neither the politics nor the economy of the present. After years of the welfare state, the rise of technology, combined with neoliberal governmental apparatuses have established a new society of the precarious. In this new way of the world, productivity is not just connected to labor in the traditional sense of work hours, but more totally, to the formation of the self: work becomes performative and affective, and personal identities seep more and more into working ones. This new mode of being has another side, however: it can lead to new forms of self-organisation, resistance, and exodus. In it we see the emergence of a new and disobedient self-government of the precarious.
Product Details
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781685969
SKU
V9781781685969
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99-1
About Isabelle Lorey
Isabell Lorey is a political scientist, and teaches political theory and gender studies at the University of Vienna and at the University of Basel.
Reviews for State of Insecurity: Government of the Precarious (Futures)
A welcome short companion to critical debates on precarity, precariousness and precarization ... Its first immediate value is that of bringing to anglophone audiences a collection of short and incisive texts that offer valuable insights into both critical debates and political practice on precarity, particularly around European networks and platforms. - Antipode The important contribution of this thoughtful work is to let us understand finally that precarity is not a passing or episodic condition, but a new form of regulation that distinguishes this historical time.
Judith Butler, from the foreword; Given the brevity of State of Insecurity, Lorey impresses with the scope and depth of her engagement with the concept of precariousness and the strength of her argument.
3: AM Magazine
Judith Butler, from the foreword; Given the brevity of State of Insecurity, Lorey impresses with the scope and depth of her engagement with the concept of precariousness and the strength of her argument.
3: AM Magazine