Counter-speculation turns financial uncertainty against oppressive structures
Evidence
Returning to some of the key theoretical arguments developed in previous chapters, I identify possible routes for such re- imaginings that include practices of more inclusive myth-making and collective action that seeks new ways to exploit the politics of ambivalence and unsettledness. I offer evidence that speculative communities of the post- Trump, post-Brexit era develop methods of counter-speculation: a speculative politics that does not simply resist the all-encompassing specter of finance but wields it against oppressing structures in all realms of social, political, and even intimate life. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 69
Categorization
- QUESTION: How exactly does a movement ‘wield’ financial speculation against oppressing structures? The mechanism is promised but not yet detailed.
- SEED: Angle: ‘counter-speculation’ as a framework for analyzing recent protest movements — hashtag hijacking, Yellow Vests, the Greek bailout referendum.
- XREF: connects to: Speculative wagers can be deployed as counter-power against dominant financial structures — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 31; Counter-speculation weaponizes volatility against institutional power holders — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 15; Fighting financialization requires wielding speculation on shifting ground — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 43 (+7 more)
Broader Connections
- Counter-speculations weaponize speculation’s own volatility against it.
#expands(0.95) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 306 - Counter-speculation weaponizes volatility against institutional power holders
#expands(0.90) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 15 - Fighting financialization requires wielding speculation on shifting ground
#expands(0.85) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 43