{"product_id":"on-political-impasse-power-resistance-and-new-forms-of-selfhood-9781350268517","title":"On Political Impasse: Power, Resistance, and New Forms of Selfhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Antonio Calcagno\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower is classically understood as the playing out of relations between the ruler and the ruled. Political impasse is often viewed as a moment in which no clear-cut delineation of power exists, resulting in an overwhelming sense of frustration or feeling stuck in a no-win situation. The new globalised world has produced a real shift in how power works: not only has power been concentrated in the hands of very few while many millions become more oppressed by radical shortages and growing costs, but we also have a new category of political subjectivity in which many find themselves neither rulers nor radically oppressed. Those who live the neither\/nor of contemporary power live the new global impasse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor those of us who are stuck and compelled to wait for dominant power to break, this book uncovers possibilities in thought, imagination, and self-appropriation through \u003ci\u003eoikeiosis\u003c\/i\u003e, that is, making oneself at home in oneself, and constancy.","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085581246615,"sku":"9781350268517","price":3826.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781350268517.webp?v=1768545628","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-political-impasse-power-resistance-and-new-forms-of-selfhood-9781350268517","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}