The Gastarbeiter, the figure of the migrant worker that circulated throughout the world of late industrial modernity, was created in order to temporarily bridge gaps in the economic system of Western European Capitalism. At the same time, however, it was also a symptom of its early economic and political ruptures. In the interview Sandro Mezzadra expands on the history of guestworkers' migration and on the differences between then and now,

Humanitarianism Destroys Politicality. An interview with Sandro Mezzadra by Davor Konjikušić

S. Mezzadra
2018

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The Gastarbeiter, the figure of the migrant worker that circulated throughout the world of late industrial modernity, was created in order to temporarily bridge gaps in the economic system of Western European Capitalism. At the same time, however, it was also a symptom of its early economic and political ruptures. In the interview Sandro Mezzadra expands on the history of guestworkers' migration and on the differences between then and now,
2018
They’ll Never Walk Alone. The Life and Afterlife of Gastarbeiters
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