The Autonomous Life?: Paradoxes of Hierarchy and Authority in the Squatters Movement in Amsterdam (Contemporary Anarchist Studies) - Hardcover

Kadir, Nazima

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1628924993 ISBN 13: 9781628924992

Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic USA, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

The Autonomous Life? is an ethnography of the squatters' movement in Amsterdam written by an anthropologist who lived and worked in a squatters' community for 3.5 years. She resided as a squatter in 4 different houses, worked on 2 successful anti-gentrification campaigns, was evicted from 2 houses, and was jailed once. With this unique perspective, Kadir focuses on how people in this overtly anarchist movement constantly disavow while silently maintain hierarchy and authority. Specific squatter skills and particular performances of hostility are classified as squatter capital. Kadir systematically examines the contradiction between what people say and what they practice in a highly ideological radical left community Kadir's observations are directly born out of an intense ethnographic and personal encounter with the world of the squatters which sharply contrasts with social movement studies, which has primarily been written from the disciplinary perspectives of political science and sociology and has ignored micro-dynamics. Using a unique critical perspective informed by gender and subaltern studies, Kadir contributes to social movements literature through a meticulous analysis of micro-social dynamics of power in the internal dynamic of the squatters movement.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nazima Kadir is an urban anthropologist. The Autonomous Life inspired a sitcom that was broadcast on Dutch TV, has toured the art world, and can be viewed online.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1628924993
• ISBN 13: 9781628924992
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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