The Politics of Operations: Excavating Contemporary Capitalism

by Brett Neilson and Sandro Mezzadra

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478002832
• ISBN13: 9781478002833
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"