Suchergebnisse

Introduction : resistance in times of crisis / Stijn De Cauwer -- A critical Europe can do it! : interview with Rosi Braidotti / conducted by Joost de Bloois -- We should be modest, when it comes to the designation of the possible subjects of a new politics : interview with Jacques Ranciere / conducted and translated by Stijn De Cauwer and Gert-Jan Meyntjens -- The history of the notion of crisis : interview with Joseph Vogl / conducted and translated by Sven Fabre and Arne Vanraes -- Neoliberalism against the promise of modernity : interview with Wendy Brown / conducted by Joost de Bloois -- The European Union is a cage : interview with Antonio Negri / conducted and translated by Stijn De Cauwer and Gert-Jan Meyntjens -- We need to have a clear alternative : interview with Tariq Ali / conducted by Stijn De Cauwer -- Finance is an extractive sector : interview with Saskia Sassen / conducted by Tim Christiaens and Massimiliano Simons -- How to think a war machine? : interview with Maurizio Lazzarato / conducted by Tim Christiaens and Stijn De Cauwer ; translated by Tim Christiaens -- The creativity dispositive : labor reform by stealth : interview with Angela McRobbie / conducted by Stijn De Cauwer, Gert-Jan Meyntjens, and Heidi Peeters -- The idea of crisis : interview with Jean-Luc Nancy / conducted and translated by Erik Meganck and Evelien Van Beeck -- Terror and the rejection of sense : interview with Jean-Luc Nancy / conducted and translated by Erik Meganck and Evelien Van Beeck -- Community in crisis : a letter exchange between Zygmunt Bauman and Roberto Esposito / translated by Jolien Paeleman

Anthropocene, post-humanism, biopolitics. These terms are often used first in an academic context before being used outside the academic world, once their usefulness has become known to the wider public. Whether in official policy documents, in catalogues of expositions or in applications for subsidies, these terms tend to show up regularly.0In this book, 50 terms that are important in contemporary cultural theory are explained by experts in the field. They clarify what the term means, how it is used in different contexts and which discussions the term has triggered. Some of these terms refer to political issues (surveillance, political theology, multitude), gender and queer studies (post-feminism, heteronormativity, intersectionality), media theory (convergence, algorithm) or the art world (curating, participation, performance).0This book functions as a compendium of key terms in contemporary cultural theory