State of insecurity
government of the precarious
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Author
Contributions
- Derieg, Aileen, translator - Contributor
- Butler, Judith, 1956- writer of foreword - Contributor
- Lorey, Isabell - Contributor
Publication
2015 - Verso, London, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
59,000 words, Guess
Page Count
236 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivestateofinsecurit0000lore
- ISBN-139781781685969
- ISBN-139781781685952
- ISBN-101781685967
- ISBN-101781685959
and 5 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2014034433
- OCLC Control Number900665538
- Better World Books9781781685969
- Better World Books9781781685952
- Open LibraryOL31042082M
Classifications
- DDC306.3/6
- LCCBF697.5.S43 L675 2015
- LCCBF697.5.S43L675 2015
Description
"After years of the welfare state, the rise of technology, combined with neoliberal governmental apparatuses, has 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-organization, resistance and exodus. In it we see the emergence of a new and disobedient self-government of the precarious"--
Subjects
Topics
Series Statement
- Futures
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