| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 181 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1, Critique of sovereignty. Singularity or the dignity of individuation ; Exception and critique ; Bataille's special use of the concept of sovereignty -- pt. 2, Sovereignty and labor. Ax and fire : knowledge production and the superexploitation of contingent academic labor ; Sovereign, productive, and efficient : the place of disability in the Ableist society |
| Summary |
A fierce critique of productivity and sovereignty in the world of labor and everyday life, Bruno Gullì's Earthly Plenitudes asks, can labor exist without sovereignty and without capitalism? He introduces the concept of dignity of individuation to prompt a rethinking of categories of political ontology. Dignity of individuation stresses the notion that the dignity of each and any individual being lies in its being individuated as such; dignity is the irreducible and most essential character of any being. Singularity is a more universal quality. Gullì first reviews approaches to sove |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-176) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor -- Philosophy
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Work -- Philosophy
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Marxian economics.
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Capitalism.
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Sovereignty.
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sovereignty.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Political.
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Capitalism
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Labor -- Philosophy
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Marxian economics
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Sovereignty
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Work -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009016341 |
| ISBN |
9781592139811 |
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1592139817 |
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1282423673 |
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9781282423671 |
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9786612423673 |
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6612423676 |
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