Politics of Withdrawal
Media, Arts, Theory
Pepita Hesselberth editor Joost de Bloois editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield International
Published:16th Dec '20
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Politics of Withdrawal considers the significance of practices and theories of withdrawal for radical thinking today. With contributions of major theorists in the fields of contemporary political philosophy, cultural studies and media studies, the chapters investigate the multiple contexts, possibilities and impasses of political withdrawal – from the radical to the seemingly mundane – and reflect a range of case studies varying from the political thinking of Debord, the Invisible Committee, Moten and Harney, feminist notions of ‘strike’ and ‘exit’, and indigenous forms of sabotage, to the individual retreat as means of reconfiguring political subjectivity. It looks at technological failure as disconnection from surveillance, and from alternative financial futures to contemporary ‘pharmako-politics.’
The volume provides a vital grip on a key notion in contemporary radical politics, in all its complexity, contradictions and tribulations.
ISBN: 9781786616333
Dimensions: 241mm x 162mm x 19mm
Weight: 503g
208 pages