As the globalized regime of neoliberal capitalism consolidates its
grip on the world, it refines the micropolitics proper to the
capitalist system and makes it more perverse. This micropolitics
involves the appropriation – what Suely Rolnik calls the
“pimping” – of life, as it turns the life drive itself away
from creation and cooperation and towards the deadening,
destructive practice necessary for capital accumulation. This
dynamic is the engine of what Rolnik calls the
colonial-capitalistic unconscious regime. She also identifies the
conditions necessary to fight against this regime – namely, a
reappropriation of the life drive, the energetic basis at the heart
of all life forms, human life included, and the principal source of
extraction for capitalism. Drawing on examples from across the
Americas, including Brazil and the United States, Rolnik examines
the circumstances that have given rise to regressive, reactionary
governments throughout the world. These circumstances include, at
the macro level, an alliance between neoliberalism and extreme
conservatism and, at the micro level, a crisis of the hegemonic
subject in the face of the emergent empowerment of marginalized
communities that practice other modes of subjectivation.
This crucial book by one of the most prominent
intellectuals in Latin America today will be of great value to
anyone interested in contemporary politics and social struggles.
General
| Imprint: |
Polity Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Critical South |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| Authors: |
Suely Rolnik
|
| Translators: |
Sergio Delgado Moya
|
| Dimensions: |
215 x 165 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
208 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5095-5286-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-5095-5286-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781509552863 |
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