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Imperceptible
politics: The spectres of sociability in the age of postliberal sovereignty
by Vassilis
Tsianos and Dimitris Papadopoulos
Summary:
The core
imperative of present-day social struggles remains the organisation of their
visibility and their representation in between existing political arrangements.
Nevertheless, there is an evolving configuration of everyday struggles and
practices which challenge any form of organized citizenship, defy visibility,
and create forms of sociability beyond representation. These spectres of
sociability constitute the field of imperceptible politics. Neoliberal
regulation responds to this exodus by transforming itself into a new system of
global governance: postliberal sovereignty. Starting from a description of this
situation, this paper will question prevalent understandings of the political
today and discuss how the spectres of sociability become flesh and matter.
CVs:
Vassilis Tsianos
teaches theoretical sociology and migration studies at the University of
Hamburg. Previously, he was a research fellow with the project "Transit
Migration" (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt) investigating
the border regimes in southeast Europe. His research interests and publications
include contemporary political theory, labour studies, and the concept of the
autonomy of migration. He is co-editor of a book on "Empire and the
biopolitical turn".
Email: [email protected]
Dimitris
Papadopoulos teaches social science studies, social and cultural theory, and
critical psychology at Cardiff University and at the Free University of Berlin.
Email: [email protected]