The Primacy of Resistance
Power, Opposition and Becoming
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23545840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marco Checchi (0000-0002-3951-7395) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Primacy of Resistance (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5040/9781350124486 |
| OpenAlex | W4239709010 |
| ISBN | 9781350124486 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
What is at the heart of political resistance? Whilst traditional accounts often conceptualise it as a reaction to power, this volume (prioritising remarks by Michel Foucault) invites us to think of resistance as primary. The author proposes a strategic analysis that highlights how our efforts need to be redirected towards a horizon of creation and change. Checchi first establishes a genealogy of two main trajectories of the history of our present: the liberal subject of rights and the neoliberal ideas of human capital and bio-financialisation. The former emerges as a reactive closure of Etienne de la Boètie’s discourse on human nature and natural companionship. The other forecloses the creative potential of Autonomist Marxist conceptions of labour, first elaborated by Mario Tronti. The focus of this text then shifts towards contemporary openings. Initially, Checchi proposes an inverted reading of Jacques Rancière’s concept of politics as interruption that resonates with Antonio Negri’s
Epistemology · Horizon · Michel foucault · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Development, Ethics, and Society · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |