The Future of Futurity
Affective Capitalism and Potentiality in a Global City
Akhil Gupta author Purnima Mankekar author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Duke University Press
Published:1st Apr '25
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This non-fiction hardback, "The Future of Futurity" from Akhil Gupta & Purnima Mankekar, was published 1st April 2025 by Duke University Press.
“What is it like to travel every night while staying firmly in place? What new affects and imaginaries emerge via laboring in the temporally upside-down life of an Indian call center? Purnima Mankekar and Akhil Gupta explore not only the fierce demands of such globally distributed labor but also the hopes and dreams of online workers seeking access to a radically reorganized life course. This remarkable book redefines anthropology for the twenty-first century.” -- Joseph Masco, author of * The Future of Fallout, and Other Episodes in Radioactive World-Making *
“Mobilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary inquiry and longue-durée reflective ethnographic engagement, Purnima Mankekar and Akhil Gupta co-construct a compelling and innovative ethnography. They brilliantly theorize from their ethnography, effortlessly moving from analyses of business process outsourcing companies to stunning insights about time displacement and affect. The Futurity of Futurity is the work of two leading voices in anthropology who continue to be at the top of their game.” -- Karen Ho, author of * Liquidated: An Ethnography of Wall Street *
ISBN: 9781478028321
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 612g
328 pages