State Of Insecurity: Government Of The Precarious Regierung Der Prekären. English

Years of remodelling the welfare state, the rise of technology, and the growing power of neoliberal government apparatuses have established a society of the precarious. In this new reality, productivity is no longer just a matter of labour, but affects the formation of the self, blurring the division between personal and professional lives. Encouraged to believe ourselves flexible and autonomous, we experience a creeping isolation that has both social and political impacts, and serves the purposes of capital accumulation and social control. In State of Insecurity , Isabell Lorey explores the possibilities for organization and resistance under the contemporary status quo, and anticipates the emergence of a new and disobedient self-government of the precarious. From the Trade Paperback edition. After Years Of The Welfare State, The Rise Of Technology, Combined With Neoliberal Governmental Apparatuses, Has Established A New Society Of The Precarious. In This New Way Of The World, Productivity Is Not Just Connected To Labor In The Traditional Sense Of Work Hours, But More Totally, To The Formation Of The Self: Work Becomes Performative And Affective, And Personal Identities Seep More And More Into Working Ones. This New Mode Of Being Has Another Side, However: It Can Lead To New Forms Of Self-organization, Resistance And Exodus. In It We See The Emergence Of A New And Disobedient Self-government Of The Precarious-- Provided By Publisher. The Government Of The Precarious : An Introduction -- Precariousness And Precarity -- Biopolitical Governmentality -- Welfare State And Immunization -- Precarization As An Instrument Of Governing -- Virtuosity And The Post-fordist Public Sphere -- Care Crisis And Care Strike -- Exodus And Constituting. Isabell Lorey ; Translated By Aileen Derieg ; With A Foreword By Judith Butler. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "If we do not understand precarization, then we understand neither the politics nor the economy of the present." After years of the welfare state, the rise of technology, combined with neoliberal governmental apparatuses, has established a new society of the precarious. In this new way of the world, productivity is not just connected to labor in the traditional sense of work hours, but more totally, to the formation of the self: work becomes performative and affective, and personal identities seep more and more into working ones. This new mode of being has another side, however: it can lead to new forms of self-organization, resistance and exodus. In it we see the emergence of a new and disobedient self-government of the precarious. From the Trade Paperback edition