Figurations of the future : forms and temporalities of left radical politics in Northern Europe / by Stine Krøijer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krøijer, Stine, author.

Series:

Ethnography, theory, experiment ; v. 2.

Ethnography, theory, experiment ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radicalism--Europe, Northern.

Radicalism.

New Left--Europe, Northern.

New Left.

Protest movements--Europe, Northern.

Protest movements.

Politics and government.

Europe, Northern--Politics and government--21st century.

Europe, Northern.

Northern Europe.

Physical Description:

vii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2015.

Summary:

Built around key events, from the eviction of a self-managed social centre in Copenhagen in 2007 to the Climate Summit protests in 2009, this book contributes to anthropological literature on contemporary Euro-American politics foreshadowing recent waves of public dissent. Stine Krøijer explores political forms among left radical and anarchist activists in Northern Europe focusing on how forms of action engender time. Drawing on anthropological literature from both Scandinavia and the Amazon, this ethnography recasts theoretical concerns about body politics, political intentionality, aesthetics and time, Book jacket.

Contents:

'Other Worlds Are Possible' : A Political Cosmology of Capitalism

Becoming Absorbed : Youth and the Interstices of Active Time in Ungdomshuset

'A Common Choreography of Action' : Preparations and Intentions

'We Are Humans, What Are You?' : Securitization, Unpredictability and Enemy-Becoming

'I Used To Run As The Black Bloc' : Style and Perspectivist Time in Protests and Direct Actions

Conclusion : The Collective Body as a Theory of Politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782387367

1782387366

OCLC:

896861730