DISPOSSESSION/ THE PERFORMATIVE IN THE POLITICAL

Dispossession describes the condition of those who have lost land, citizenship, property, and a broader belonging to the world. This thought-provoking book seeks to elaborate our understanding of dispossession outside of the conventional logic of possession, a hal lmark of capitalism, liberalism, and humanism. Can dispossession simultaneously characterize political responses and opposition to t he disenfranchisement associated with unjust dispossession of land, economic and political power, and basic conditions for living?In the con...[Read more]