The Politics of Operations

Excavating Contemporary Capitalism

Sandro Mezzadra, Brett Neilson

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English

Duke University Press
08 March 2019

Social groups; Politics & government; Political science & theory; Economic systems & structures; Human geography

In The Politics of Operations Sandro Mezzadra and Brett Neilson investigate how capital reshapes its relation with politics through operations that enable the extraction and exploitation of mineral resources, labor, data, and cultures. They show how capital-which they theorize as a direct political actor-operates through the logistical organization of relations between people, property, and objects as well as through the penetration of financialization into all realms of economic life. Mezzadra and Neilson present a capacious analysis of a wide range of issues, from racial capitalism, the convergence of neoliberalism and nationalism, and Marx's concept of aggregate capital to the financial crisis of 2008 and how colonialism, empire, and globalization have shaped the modern state since World War II. In so doing, they illustrate the distinctive rationality and logics of contemporary capitalism while calling for a politics based on collective institutions that exist outside the state.

By: Sandro Mezzadra, Brett Neilson
Imprint: Duke University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781478002833
ISBN 10: 1478002832
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 08 March 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sandro Mezzadra is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts at the University of Bologna. Brett Neilson is Professor in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University. Mezzadra and Neilson are coauthors of Border as Method, or, the Multiplication of Labor, also published by Duke University Press.

Reviews for The Politics of Operations: Excavating Contemporary Capitalism

The Politics of Operations is a challenging, highly ambitious work. . . . Ultimately, the reorientation that Mezzadra and Neilson are proposing is a subtle one, indebted to a rich archive of political ideas. But they rework and recombine those ideas into a book that is shrewdly reasoned, superbly written, and thick with insight into the contemporary moment. -- Martin Danyluk * Society and Space *