The essay is part of the preliminary work for a new book projekt the authors are currently pursuing after the publication of "Border as Method" (Duke UP, 2013). Their argument evolves both in dialogue with and reaction to the wide debate concerning the transformations of the state in the most recent waves of capitalist transition, restructuring, and disruption. The article discusses arguments regarding about governance and the governmentalization of the state on the one hand, the reinstatement of sovereignty on the other. the authors provide an alternative genealogy of the modern state, one that emphasises the legacy of colonial expansion. Critically taking stock of the prominence of the Weberian baseline model of the modern state in contemporary debates, the authors propose a sketch of a different genealogy of the state, one that emphasizes the legacy of colonial and imperial histories. They then focus on the experience of the "developmental state" outside of Europe and the West in the second half of the 20th century, arguing that its crisis and current transformations provide a productive angle on more general trends in the frame of globalization. The article ends by presenting a research agenda that is at the center of the authors' new book project.
The State of Capitalist Globalization
MEZZADRA, SANDRO;
2014
Abstract
The essay is part of the preliminary work for a new book projekt the authors are currently pursuing after the publication of "Border as Method" (Duke UP, 2013). Their argument evolves both in dialogue with and reaction to the wide debate concerning the transformations of the state in the most recent waves of capitalist transition, restructuring, and disruption. The article discusses arguments regarding about governance and the governmentalization of the state on the one hand, the reinstatement of sovereignty on the other. the authors provide an alternative genealogy of the modern state, one that emphasises the legacy of colonial expansion. Critically taking stock of the prominence of the Weberian baseline model of the modern state in contemporary debates, the authors propose a sketch of a different genealogy of the state, one that emphasizes the legacy of colonial and imperial histories. They then focus on the experience of the "developmental state" outside of Europe and the West in the second half of the 20th century, arguing that its crisis and current transformations provide a productive angle on more general trends in the frame of globalization. The article ends by presenting a research agenda that is at the center of the authors' new book project.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
