180 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The current social turmoil enveloping the world has produced knee jerk reactions and a plethora of policy declarations. At the same time, the scenario is marked with response of those with low socioeconomic status to the worldwide chaos and precarious living conditions. In this context, how do we make sense of what is being described variously as a breakdown of democracy, its exhaustion, and the... Read more
Spectral Worldmaking—a Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgements, Conjuncture, Crisis, and Biopolitics from Below India in 1971: Crisis, Conjuncture, and the Entry of People in Biopolitics, Passive Revolution, The Link between Crisis and Conjuncture, The Theme of Conjuncture, The Theme of Crisis, The Gray World of Biopolitics from Below, Contingencies Shape Themes of Biopolitics, Gray Histories of Biopolitics from Below, Fractured Geography of the City and Biopolitics from Below, Logistical Labor, Migrant Workers, and the Physicality of Life, Strategic Dimension of Biopolitics from Below, The Argument So Far Covid-19, Multiple Crises, and the Biopolitical Response Practical Ethics: Solidarity, Care, Protection, and Responsibility A New Kind of Public Power, Conclusion, Notes, Index
Biography
Ranabir Samaddar is currently the Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India.
