He had accused her of moping around to the point where it was slowing down her performance. Chapters from the foundation of the city, the roman historian. For those of us interested in postfordist labor arrangements, contract and contagion offers a rich nexus of literatures and connections between those literatures to think through. Angela mitropoulos contract and contagion is a widereaching and ambitious book that makes important critical interventions on the role of contracts and debt in neoliberal society with reference to a politics of the household oikonomics as the nexus of race. In his chapters from the foundation of the city, the roman historian. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Yet buying and selling are not specific to capitalism and, more importantly, there are consequences in organising a critique of, or opposition to capitalism. We are in the process of rescheduling eventsstay tuned for details. Locating the dynamic of capital in the double movement of contract and contagion, mitropoulos radicalizes the marxian critique of contract while refusing the foundational nostalgias of the left. Due to the cororonavirus, red emmas worker owners have decided that the safest course of action is to temporarily completely close our space. The book is about oikonomics, or mitropoulos s reworking of biopolitics through a concept of the gendered, racialized, sexualized, etc. Locating the dynamic of capital in the double movement of contract and contagion, mitropoulos radicalizes the marxian critique of contract while refusing.
At a time when left liberals mourn the unravelling of the welfare state and other such deals, mitropoulos demonstrates the continuity of contract with political strategies of containment. Her current research project is infrastructure and uncommon forms. Mitropoulos angela contract and contagion from biopolitics to oikonomia. This coming week, the digital labor working group will host what promises to be a fantastic and timely conversation on angela mitropoulos work contract and contagion. On quarantines, re covid19 ncov posted on january 15, 2020. Classical contract theory, is i would insist a social cosmology that is deeply performativethat is to say. From biopolitics to oikonomia, minor compositions, new york, 2012, by ann deslandes. Her most recent published work is on social investment financing, and her current project is called infrastructures of uncommon forms. If you continue browsing, well assume that you are happy to receive all our cookies. The description of your book on the ak site almost perfectly fits with my intereststhinking of a politicallyengaged marxism beyond teleology and. From biopolitics to oikonomia 2012, and has written on precariousness, borders and welfare policy over many years.
Left wing books, dvds, cds, posters, buttons, tshirts and more. According to mitropoulos contract is the hyphen situated between politics. From biopolitics to oikonomia mitropoulos, angela 2012 isbn. Mitropoulos angela contract and contagion from biopolitics to. For the ancients, contagion was intimately associated with the collapse and restoration of empire, the liquidation of foundations and their refoundation.
Angela mitropoulos work moves beyond the impasses of autonomist marxism and queer theory to forge a critical analysis of the imbrications between economy, nationstate and family. If you are not yet a turnaround customer, and would like to sell our books, please do contact email protected or call 020 8829 3000 and we will be delighted to help you. Minor compositions open access statement please read. Angela mitropoulos commodification is often used as a shorthand way of defining what capitalism does, but all too often its used as a synonym for transaction or exchange. From biopolitics to oikonomia mitropoulos, angela on.
In this book angela mitropoulos takes up current and historical theories of affect, intimacy, labour and speculation to elaborate a queer, antiracist, feminist marxism, which is to say. Im blogging my way through the texts for my spring 2018 feminist theory seminar. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Discover book depositorys huge selection of angela mitropoulos books online.
From biopolitics to oikonomia angela mitropoulos on. Cookies on oxfam we use cookies to ensure that you have the best experience on our website. Angela mitropoulos contract and contagion is a widereaching and ambitious book that makes important critical interventions on the role of contracts and debt in neoliberal society with reference to a politics of the household oikonomics as the nexus of race, class, gender and sexuality. From biopolitics to oikonomia by angela mitropoulos online at alibris. Postscript to contract and contagion angela mitropoulos. For our first episode in series iii, we are excited to share an excerpt from angela mitropoulos 2012 book angela mitropoulos s book contract and contagion. When every home becomes a quarantine zone, and every epidemiological map is mistaken for an accurate representation of molecular spread, the convergence of neoliberalism and fascism around an oikonomic understanding of health and. The book insists on a politics that does not refound contract which appears. We are not accepting take out or delivery orders for food, but we are still accepting and shipping online orders for books.