{"product_id":"adapt-on-a-new-political-imperative-paperback","title":"Adapt!: On a New Political Imperative - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Stiegler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAdam Hocker\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, French Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book, a crossover hit in France, offers a fresh genealogy of our neoliberal moment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We must adapt!\" These words can be heard almost everywhere and in every aspect of our lives. Where does this widespread sense that we have fallen behind come from? How can we explain this progressive colonization of the economic, social, and political fields by this biological vocabulary of evolution? Offering a lucid account of sophisticated material, Barbara Stiegler uncovers the prehistories of today's ubiquitous rhetoric in Darwinism and American liberalism, while, at the same time, recovering powerful resistances to the rhetoric of adaptation across the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalter Lippmann, an American theorist of this new liberalism, believed democracy was not adapted to the needs of globalization. Only a government of experts could force society to evolve, he argued. Lippmann thus found himself confronted with John Dewey, the great figure of American Pragmatism. Both Lippmann and Dewey labored under the impression that the world had changed and society needed to adapt. However, Lippmann did not trust society to adapt on its own and insisted on the need for experts who would force the necessary adaptation. Dewey, by contrast, believed the necessary adaptation could only come \"from below\" and should proceed in a democratic fashion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on readings of Michel Foucault, Walter Lippmann, and John Dewey, \u003ci\u003eAdapt!\u003c\/i\u003e paves the way for renewed insights into neoliberalism's history, essence, characteristic forces, and impacts, as well as biopolitical theory. Stiegler presents an intriguing new genealogy for the development of neoliberalism, examining whether humans are by nature lagging and require biopolitical and disciplinary management to enforce adaptation. Stiegler also reorients Foucault's genealogy of neoliberalism by emphasizing the Darwinian rhetoric of adaptation, as it arose in the Lippmann-Dewey Debate, and deftly handles the question of human nature in a way that re-enlivens this traditional concept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the industrialization of our ways of life never stops destroying the environment and the health of organisms (climate disruption, the destruction of biodiversity, the growth of chronic diseases, the return of large pandemics), how can we think of a democratic government of life and the living? This is the question that Stiegler's work helps us to confront.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, French Voices Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"In this fascinating book, Barbara Stiegler revisits the famous controversy between Dewey and Lippmann and offers a refreshing perspective on our political, social and economic future. As Stiegler convincingly demonstrates, the fight between democracy and neoliberalism is not over: it is only beginning. A must-read.\"--\u003cb\u003eThomas Piketty\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCapital in the Twenty-First Century\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book, a crossover hit in France, offers a fresh genealogy of our neoliberal moment.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We must adapt!\" These words can be heard almost everywhere and in every aspect of our lives. Where does this widespread sense that we have fallen behind come from? How can we explain this progressive colonization of the economic, social, and political fields by this biological vocabulary of evolution? Barbara Stiegler uncovers the prehistories of today's ubiquitous rhetoric in Darwinism and American liberalism, while, at the same time, recovering powerful resistances to the rhetoric of adaptation across the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecovering an important mid-century debate between Walter Lippmann and John Dewey, \u003ci\u003eAdapt!\u003c\/i\u003e paves the way for renewed insights into neoliberalism's history, essence, characteristic forces, and impacts, as well as biopolitical theory. Stiegler presents an intriguing new genealogy for the development of neoliberalism, examining whether humans are by nature lagging and require biopolitical and disciplinary management to enforce adaptation. Stiegler also reorients Michel Foucault's genealogy of neoliberalism by emphasizing the Darwinian rhetoric of adaptation, as it arose in the Lippmann-Dewey Debate, and deftly handles the question of human nature in a way that re-enlivens this traditional concept. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the industrialization of our ways of life never stops destroying the environment and the health of organisms (climate disruption, the destruction of biodiversity, the growth of chronic diseases, the return of large pandemics), how can we think of a democratic government of life and the living? This is the question that Stiegler's work helps us to confront. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Stiegler\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor at the University of Bordeaux, France. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Hocker\u003c\/b\u003e is a bookseller, translator, and musician based in Berlin.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Stiegler (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBarbara Stiegler \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne, France. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Hocker (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdam Hocker\u003c\/b\u003e is a bookseller, translator, and musician based in Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52724129038643,"sku":"9780823299294","price":44.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/aDk1UGV1MmQ1ZXpIVXJqN0JRWnE0UT09.webp?v=1763683268","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/adapt-on-a-new-political-imperative-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}