This is a book for the age of resistance, for the occupiers of the squares, for the generation of Occupy Wall Street. The premier radical political philosopher of our time offers a devastating critique of the way neoliberalism has hollowed out democracy.
Tracing neoliberalism's devastating erosions of democratic principles, practices, and cultures.
This is a book for the age of resistance, for the occupiers of the squares, for the generation of Occupy Wall Street. The premier radical political philosopher of our time offers a devastating critique of the way neoliberalism has hollowed out democracy.
Revives the concept of reification from Marx and the Frankfurt School to spotlight resistance to neoliberal capitalism, identifying practices used by artists and activists to challenge neoliberalism.
The Will to Improve is a remarkable account of development in action. Focusing on attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, Tania Murray Li carefully exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of peo…
Introduction : the will to improve -- Contradictory positions -- Projects, practices, and effects -- Formations of capital and identity -- Rendering technical -- Politics in contention -- Provocation and reversal -- Development in the age of neoliberalism -- Conclusion -- Notes …
The Will to Improve is a remarkable account of development in action. Focusing on attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia, Tania Murray Li carefully exposes the practices that enable experts to diagnose problems and devise interventions, and the agency of peo…
Qui vit, produit ou consomme, qui se détend, se forme, se soigne aujourd'hui, est frappé d'une évidence : l'envahissement de pratiques, de dispositifs ou de procédures bureaucratiques qui n'englobent pas seulement l'administration étatique mais l'ensemble de la société. Au point…