WHAT'S THE USE?

In Whats the Use? Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single wo rdin this case, useand following it around. She shows how use became associated with life and strength in nineteenth-century biolo gical and social thought and considers how utilitarianism offered a set of educational techniques for shaping individuals by directi ng them toward useful ends. Ahmed also explores how spaces become restricted to some uses and users with specific reference to unive rsities. Sh...[Read more]