State of insecurity : government of the precarious / Isabell Lorey ; translated by Aileen Derieg ; with a foreword by Judith Butler.
By: Lorey, Isabell [author.].
Contributor(s): Derieg, Aileen [translator.] | Butler, Judith [writer of foreword.] | Lorey, Isabell. Regierung der Prekären.
Material type: BookSeries: Futures.Description: xii, 236 pages; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781781685969 (paperback); 9781781685952 (hardback).Uniform titles: Regierung der Prekären. English Subject(s): Self-perception | Security (Psychology) | Work environment | PHILOSOPHY / Political | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Future Studies | POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & TheoryDDC classification: 306.3/6 Online resources: Cover image Summary: "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"--Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Non Fiction | BardBerlinLibrary 2nd floor | 306.3 LOR 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-133) and index.
"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"--
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