{"product_id":"9780745653815","title":"Dispossession The Performative in the Political","description":"\u003ch3\u003eConversations\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eDispossession\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Performative in the Political\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJudith Butler | Athena Athanasiou\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDispossession describes the condition of those who have lost land,   citizenship, property, and a broader belonging to the world. This   thought-provoking book seeks to elaborate our understanding of   dispossession outside of the conventional logic of possession, a   hallmark of capitalism, liberalism, and humanism. Can dispossession   simultaneously characterize political responses and opposition to the   disenfranchisement associated with unjust dispossession of land,   economic and political power, and basic conditions for living?  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn   the context of neoliberal expropriation of labor and livelihood,   dispossession opens up a performative condition of being both affected   by injustice and prompted to act. From the uprisings in the Middle East   and North Africa to the anti-neoliberal gatherings at Puerta del Sol,   Syntagma and Zucchotti Park, an alternative political and affective   economy of bodies in public is being formed. Bodies on the street are   precarious - exposed to police force, they are also standing for, and   opposing, their dispossession. These bodies insist upon their collective   standing, organize themselves without and against hierarchy, and  refuse  to become disposable: they demand regard. This book interrogates  the  agonistic and open-ended corporeality and conviviality of the  crowd as  it assembles in cities to protest political and economic  dispossession  through a performative dispossession of the sovereign  subject and its  propriety.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is Maxine Elliot Professor in the departments of  Rhetoric  and Comparative Literature at the University of California,  Berkeley.  Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble: Feminism and the  Subversion of Identity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBodies That Matter: On the Discursive  Limits of \"Sex\"\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently the recipient of the Andrew Mellon  Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in the Humanities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAthena Athanasiou\u003c\/b\u003e teaches in the Department of Social Anthropology at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 April 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745653815\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44348254519436,"sku":"9780745653815","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745653815_a6faedce-e6cb-4ed2-9083-0de83f50fc59.jpg?v=1780183146","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745653815","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}