Political Theory of Salvage Hb: Political Theory of Salvage

The use of what others have thrown away by those who squat in abandoned buildings, build neighborhoods on seeming wasteland, and occupy public spaces has been a fundamental factor in the survival of social movements during their protest activities. In The Political Theory of Salvage , Jason Kosnoski explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials during these protests. Not only does salvage provide raw material for maintaining encampments and structures but, more importantly, this activity also encourages anti-capitalist and radical democratic consciousness. Through the use of theorists such as John Dewey, Giles Deleuze, Lauren Berlant, Henri Lefebvre, Michael Hardt, and Antonio Negri, Kosnoski suggests new possibilities for both integrating salvage more widely into left political practice and rethinking organizational questions that have vexed contemporary anti-capitalist movements. Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter Outlines Conclusion Chapter 1 Salvage and Politics Introduction Occupations, Squats, Informal Communities: Political Salvage The Affect of Salvage More than Just a Bottle: Plasticity and Salvage Labor Spaces of Salvage Salvage Communities Conclusion: Salvaging Anticapitalism Chapter 2 Sense, Becoming, and Political Salvage Introduction Sensing Contingency, Sensing Salvage Capitalist Affect Love Is Depressing, or Anticapitalist Affects Affect and Politics, or Becoming Anticapitalist Salvagers Chapter 3 The Craft of Salvage Introduction The Body and Craftwork The Rhythms of Resistance Craft and Radical Salvage Workshops The Craft of Salvage and Radical Workshops Chapter 4 Salvage and the City Introduction Rhythms of the City Liberated Salvage Space Salvage as Anticapitalist Inhabitation The City as the Landscape of Salvage? Chapter 5 Choreographing Anticapitalist Salvage Introduction Spaces of Salvage Occupation Anticapitalist Choreography Tactics of Anticapitalist Choreography—Corridors and Thresholds Radical Choreography: Neighborhood Labyrinths The Choreography of Anticapitalist Salvage Chapter 6 Salvage and the Politics of the Commons Introduction Rebirth of the Commons Commons Biopolitics Salvaging the Multitude Tactics of the Salvage Multitude Objectives of the Salvage Multitude Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index "Explores the political and theoretical significance of the use of salvaging discarded materials by social movements during their protest activities"-- Provided by publisher