1st Edition

Affective Economies, Neoliberalism, and Governmentality

Edited By Anne-Marie D'Aoust Copyright 2015
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

Advanced capitalism is characterized by a level of symbolic production that not only results in a dematerialization of labor, but also increasingly relies on highly emotional components, ranging from consumption desire to workforce management. Feelings as varied as love, anger, and desire are integral to neoliberal processes, though not in unproblematic and monolithic ways. Whereas some accounts... Read more

1. Ties that Bind? Engaging Emotions, Governmentality and Neoliberalism: Introduction  2. Parrhēsia Today: Drone Strikes, Fearless Speech and the Contentious Politics of Security  3. The Capitalisation of ‘Excess Life’ through Life Insurance  4. Love as Project of (Im)Mobility: Love, Sovereignty and Governmentality in Marriage Migration Management Practices  5. No Good Deed Goes Unrewarded: The Values/Virtues of Transnational Volunteerism in Neoliberal Capital  6. “Retail Therapy in the Dragon’s Den”: Neoliberalism and Affective Labour in the Popular Culture of Ireland’s Financial Crisis  7. Affective Economies in the Governance of Trafficking and Sex Work in Vietnam

Biography

Anne-Marie D’Aoust is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Her research focuses on the connections between love, governmentality and security practices. Her recent publications appeared in International Political Sociology, and Disciplining the Transnational Mobility of People (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).