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Cargando... Revenge of the Real: Post-Pandemic Politics (2021)por Benjamin Bratton
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Bratton is right that the pandemic has horribly revealed the fatal flaws in global systems and that henceforth we must remember, especially in an age of warming climate, that we're all in this together. That argument alone is strong and supported with plentiful evidence. But, inexplicably, Bratton bases part of his argument on what seems to be a deliberate misreading of Agamben and continues to push the limited definition of populism as a purely right-wing phenomenon. This definition, proven false by the most cursory of looks at 19th- & early 20th-century populism, is used by neoliberal institutions to lump progressives like Bernie Sanders in with fascists like Donald Trump. Then pundits can shrug and say, Populists are all dangerous, unreasonable extremists, on both sides. Which is why we continue to face the very crises Bratton addresses. So while this book is right about our common fate and why we need to act in recognition of it, and is impressively full of facts & stats, it seems sadly naive and leaves me wishing I had something more sophisticated to read. ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
The future of politics after the pandemic COVID-19 exposed the pre-existing conditions of the current global crisis. Many Western states failed to protect their populations, while others were able to suppress the virus only with sweeping social restrictions. In contrast, many Asian countries were able to make much more precise interventions. Everywhere, lockdown transformed everyday life, introducing an epidemiological view of society based on sensing, modeling, and filtering. What lessons are to be learned? The Revenge of the Real envisions a new positive biopolitics that recognizes that governance 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? What models and philosophies are needed? Bratton argues that instead of thinking of biotechnologies as something imposed on society, we must see them as essential to a politics of infrastructure, knowledge, and direct intervention. In this way, we can build a society based on a new rationality of inclusion, care, and prevention. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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