Subjectivation in political theory and contemporary practices / Andreas Oberprantacher, Andrei Siclodi, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oberprantacher, Andreas, editor.

Siclodi, Andrei, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Subjectivity.

Physical Description:

xviii, 353 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]

Summary:

"This book explores, discusses, and assesses the actual and potential sense of subjectivation in a variety of contexts. In particular, it reflects the genealogies, connections, variations, and practical implications of various theories of subjectivity and subjection while providing an up-to-date and authoritative account of how to engage with the 'subject'. Rather than addressing the 'subject' merely in theoretical terms, this book explores subjectivation as a seminal expression of subjective practices in the plural. To the extent that subjectivity and subjection are key terms in a plurality of discourses and for a number of disciplines, Subjectivation in Political Theory and Contemporary Practices advances a trans-disciplinary reading by taking into account relevant debates that stretch from poststructuralism via postfordism to postdemocracy. In this sense, the book introduces readers to current approaches to subjectivation by displacing conventional understandings and suggesting unexpected reformulations."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Introducing a contorted subject called 'subjectivation / Andreas Oberprantacher and Andrei Siclodi

part 1. Re-tracing subjectivation

2. After the subject is before the subject : on the political meaning of subjectivation in Nancy and Lacoue-Labarthe / Artur R. Boelderl

3. The excruciating work of love : on Foucault's Kehre towards the subject / Andrea Mubi Brighenti

4. On theories of subjectivity and the practices of political subjectivation : responsiveness, dissent, and the precarious livability of human life / Burkhard Liebsch

5. Political subjectivation and metaphysical movement / Sandra Lehmann

part 2. Subjectivation in a variety of contemporary practices

6. Outraging speech : on the politics of performative contradictions / Gerhard Posselt

7. Practices of life and the religious character of capitalism : an analysis through Weber, Benjamin, and Foucault / Elettra Stimilli

8. Presentist democracy : the now-time of struggles / Isabell Lorey

9. Transitory erasures : subjects of institutional critique / Vlad Morariu

part 3. At the limits of subjectivation

10. Breaking out of the cycle of fear : exodus politics / Andreas Hetzel

11. Humor, revolt, and subjectivity / Serhat Karakayali and ̈Ozge Yaka

12. Metropolitan stasis@real democracy@post-representative hegemony : on the sociology of 'social non-movements' and assemblies / Vassilis S. Tsianos

13. From mute objects to militant subjects : the politics of rebellious animals / Aylon A. Cohen

part 4. For an other subjectivation

14. The incorrigible subject : the autonomy of migration and the US immigration stalemate / Nicholas De Genova

15. Deaths, visibility, and the politics of dissensus at the US-Mexico border / Benjamin Nienass and Alexandra Délano

16. Radical democratic disobedience : 'illegals' as a litigious political subject / Andreas Oberprantacher

17. Subjectivating the 'other'? : critical art practices, migration politics, and the public sphere in Europe / Andrei Siclodi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781137516589

1137516585

OCLC:

952789473