The Revenge of the Real : Politics for a Post-Pandemic World
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1839762578
ISBN-13
9781839762574
Publisher
Verso Books
Imprint
Verso Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 12th, 2022
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
158 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.80 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Theory of architectureCultural studiesPopular beliefs & controversial knowledge
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What will the future of Post-Pandemic politics look like?
<i>The Revenge of the Real </i>envisions a new positive biopolitics that recognises that how populations govern themselves is literally a matter of life and death. We are grappling with multiple interconnected dilemmas - climate change, pandemics, the tensions between the individual and society - all of which have to be addressed on a planetary scale. Even when separated, we are still enmeshed. Can the world govern itself differently? If so, what models and philosophies are needed? <br><br>Bratton argues that, instead of thinking of technology as something that happens to society, we must see how it can form the basis of a politics of infrastructure, knowledge, and direct intervention. He urges us to reconsider questions of "surveillance" in the face of necessary testing and care. He asks what did the "mask wars" reveal about the destructive nature of individualism as the basis of sovereignty? The book proposes that it is time to transform how we live, work and thrive. Rethinking governance means rethinking how we interact with each other as a global population, and how we ensure our obligations to each other. For this, we should build a society based in a new rationality of inclusion, care and foresight.
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