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The vitality of labour and its ghosts

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ID4123615
AuthorsL Bear (0000-0003-1718-8129, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume69
Publication date2018-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrain (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0760-5668 • E-ISSN: 1777-5450
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/terrain.16728
OpenAlexW2811066916
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited19

A little reflected upon aspect of capitalism is that its reproduction relies on a sense that there exist large-scale generative processes that persist through time (Bear, Ho, Tsing & Yanagisako 2015). People from economists and bureaucrats to precarious workers across the world attempt to tap into and make visible these powers through various conducts of productivity (Bear 2015). It is this sense that allows us to hold fast to the ideas of abundance, growth and fertility even as we witness th

Aesthetics · Art · Capitalism · Cartography · Economic growth · Economics · Generative grammar · Geography · Humanities · Linguistics · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Productivity · Reproduction · Sociology · Theology · Vitality · Witness · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Law · Philosophy

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Citations per year1
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6

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