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Social Sciences for an Other Politics : Women Theorizing Without Parachutes.

Av: Materialtyp: TextUtgivningsuppgift: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2016Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (161 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319477763
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  • 300.1
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Intro -- Social Sciences for an Other Politics -- Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 The Radical Subject and Its Critical Theory: An Introduction -- Introduction -- References -- Part I Epistemological Openings -- 2 Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society -- Resisting 'Reality', on and off the Radical Grid -- Awkwardness and Indignation: 'Countermoves of Freedom Against So-Called Destiny' -- Learning Hope on the 'Front' of Political Possibility -- An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society -- Notes -- References -- 3 Decolonising Critique: From Prophetic Negation to Prefigurative Affirmation -- The Coloniality of Knowing -- Žižek: The Maverick Prophet -- Performing the Prophet -- Relationship with the Popular -- The Storytellers -- Performing the Storyteller -- Relationship with the Popular -- From Prophetic Negation to Prefigurative Affirmation -- Notes -- References -- 4 Denaturalising Society: Concrete Utopia and the Prefigurative Critique of Political Economy -- Introduction -- On Concrete Utopia -- On Naturalisation and Dystopian Sciences -- Marx's Critique of Political Economy -- The Prefigurative Critique of Political Economy -- Decolonising Concrete Utopia -- A Final Thought -- References -- Part II The (Re)production of Life -- 5 Transgressing Gender and Development: Rethinking Economy Beyond 'Smart Economics' -- Introduction -- Gender, Development and 'Smart Economics' -- Beyond the Business Case -- Economic Difference and the Contradictions of the Business Case Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Producing the Common and Reproducing Life: Keys Towards Rethinking the Political -- Introduction -- The Reproduction of Life, the Political and the Common -- The Production of the Common as Social Relations for the Reproduction of Life.
The Reproduction of Life as Contradiction with the Expansive Reproduction of Capital -- By Way of Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Talking About Nature: Ecolinguistics and the Natureculture Paradigm -- Introduction -- On Separations and Connections: Thinking Holistically -- Considering 'Power' in Ecolinguistics -- Natureculture: An Alternative Paradigm -- Natureculture and 'Hope Movements' -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Social Movements and Prefigurative Politics -- 8 The Prefigurative Is Political: On Politics Beyond 'The State' -- Introduction -- The Politics of Social Movements -- The Reification of the State -- The Prefigurative Is Political -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Prefigurative Turn: The Time and Place of Social Movement Practice -- Introduction -- What Is Prefiguration? -- Organizing Strikes -- The Temporality of Social Change -- Notes -- References -- 10 Rethinking Social Movements with Societies in Movement -- Introduction: Societies in Movement Beyond Contention -- Contention and Repertoire -- Societies in Movement: Some Examples -- Autogestión over 'Repertoire' -- Conclusion: Theorizing from Below and in Movement -- Note -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Social Sciences for an Other Politics -- Editor's Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 The Radical Subject and Its Critical Theory: An Introduction -- Introduction -- References -- Part I Epistemological Openings -- 2 Learning Hope. An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society -- Resisting 'Reality', on and off the Radical Grid -- Awkwardness and Indignation: 'Countermoves of Freedom Against So-Called Destiny' -- Learning Hope on the 'Front' of Political Possibility -- An Epistemology of Possibility for Advanced Capitalist Society -- Notes -- References -- 3 Decolonising Critique: From Prophetic Negation to Prefigurative Affirmation -- The Coloniality of Knowing -- Žižek: The Maverick Prophet -- Performing the Prophet -- Relationship with the Popular -- The Storytellers -- Performing the Storyteller -- Relationship with the Popular -- From Prophetic Negation to Prefigurative Affirmation -- Notes -- References -- 4 Denaturalising Society: Concrete Utopia and the Prefigurative Critique of Political Economy -- Introduction -- On Concrete Utopia -- On Naturalisation and Dystopian Sciences -- Marx's Critique of Political Economy -- The Prefigurative Critique of Political Economy -- Decolonising Concrete Utopia -- A Final Thought -- References -- Part II The (Re)production of Life -- 5 Transgressing Gender and Development: Rethinking Economy Beyond 'Smart Economics' -- Introduction -- Gender, Development and 'Smart Economics' -- Beyond the Business Case -- Economic Difference and the Contradictions of the Business Case Approach -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 Producing the Common and Reproducing Life: Keys Towards Rethinking the Political -- Introduction -- The Reproduction of Life, the Political and the Common -- The Production of the Common as Social Relations for the Reproduction of Life.

The Reproduction of Life as Contradiction with the Expansive Reproduction of Capital -- By Way of Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Talking About Nature: Ecolinguistics and the Natureculture Paradigm -- Introduction -- On Separations and Connections: Thinking Holistically -- Considering 'Power' in Ecolinguistics -- Natureculture: An Alternative Paradigm -- Natureculture and 'Hope Movements' -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Social Movements and Prefigurative Politics -- 8 The Prefigurative Is Political: On Politics Beyond 'The State' -- Introduction -- The Politics of Social Movements -- The Reification of the State -- The Prefigurative Is Political -- Notes -- References -- 9 The Prefigurative Turn: The Time and Place of Social Movement Practice -- Introduction -- What Is Prefiguration? -- Organizing Strikes -- The Temporality of Social Change -- Notes -- References -- 10 Rethinking Social Movements with Societies in Movement -- Introduction: Societies in Movement Beyond Contention -- Contention and Repertoire -- Societies in Movement: Some Examples -- Autogestión over 'Repertoire' -- Conclusion: Theorizing from Below and in Movement -- Note -- References -- Index.

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