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Abstract
The Weimar period in Germany produced speculative forms of political discourse that need to be read in their full radicalism rather than as alternatives to the forms of government to which we, living in a different history, restrict the meaning of politics. Walter Benjamin provides a model for this expansion of our ideas—there is no parliamentary version of the revolutionary work he imagines. Even though Benjamin himself wrote in exceedingly hostile terms about Ernst Jünger, unexpected similarities in their writing, and in their common opposition to bourgeois stasis in human development, may help to sharpen our understanding of both.

Aftermaths is a collection of essays offering compelling new ideas on exile, migration, and diaspora that have emerged in the global age. The ten contributors—well-established scholars and promising new voices—work in different disciplines and draw from diverse backgrounds as they present rich case studies from around the world. In seeking fresh perspectives on the movement of people and ideas, the essays included here look to the power of the aesthetic experience, especially in literature and film, to unsettle existing theoretical paradigms and enable the rethinking of conventionalized approaches. Marcus Bullock and Peter Y. Paik, in bringing this collection together, show we have reached a moment in history when it is imperative to question prevailing intellectual models. The interconnectedness of the world's economies, the contributors argue, can exacerbate existing antagonisms or create new ones. With essays by Ihab Hassan, Paul Brodwin, and Helen Fehervary, among others, Aftermaths engages not only with important academic topics but also with the leading political issues of the day

Aftermaths offers compelling new ideas on exile, migration, and diaspora. Ten contributors-well-established scholars and promising new voices-working in different disciplines and drawing from diverse backgrounds present rich case studies from around the world. Seeking fresh perspectives on the movement of people and ideas, the essays take on a wide range of subjects such as the influence of religion upon diasporic consciousness, the conflict between the local and the transnational, the fate of historical tragedy in globalization, the reinvention of social bonds across migrations, and the agoni

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction / Petro, Patrice / Ferguson, Kennan -- Part I: Financialization, Creditocracy, Austerity -- 1. Capital, aft er Capitalism / Mann, Geoff -- 2. Restoration of the Rentier and the Turn to Lifelong Extraction / Ross, Andrew -- 3. The Subprime Subject of Ideology / Ascher, Ivan -- 4. Social Democracy and Its Discontents: The Rise of Austerity / Sommers, Jeffrey -- Part II: Media/Art -- 5. Austerity Media / Petro, Patrice -- 6. Imagining Beyond Capital: Representation and Reality in Science Fiction Film / Vint, Sherryl -- 7 Mistaken Places: Unemployment, Avant-Gardism, and the Auto-da-Fé / Bullock, Marcus -- 8. Liquid, Crystal, Vaporous: Th e Natural States of Capitalism / Leslie, Esther -- Part III: Belonging -- 9. Cuban Filmmaking and the Postcapitalist Transition / Venegas, Cristina -- 10. "Neither Eastern nor Western": Economic and Cultural Policies in Post-Revolutionary Iran / Akhavan, Niki -- 11. Differentiating Citizenship / Aneesh, A. -- 12. Gaming the System: Imperial Discomfort and the Emergence of Coyote Capitalism / Perley, Bernard C. -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX