Politics must escape the motivation-despair binary capitalism prescribes.
Evidence
What must be discovered is a way out of the motivation/demotivation binary, so that disidentification from the control program registers as something other than dejected apathy. One strategy would be to shift the political terrain – to move away from the unions’ traditional focus on pay and onto forms of discontent specific to post-Fordism. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 68
Categorization
- SEED: Essay angle: what a post-Fordist labor politics centered on non-pay grievances — boredom, meaning, time — would actually demand from unions.
- XREF: connects to: Politics loses its freedom once Capital becomes a new transcendent master. — Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New…, 29; Capitalism co-opts opposition and must be escaped rather than confronted — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media: How Wall Street…, 468; Radical hopelessness can open political horizons by refusing growth logics — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 40 (+2 more)
Related
- Post-Fordist resistance must escape the motivation and demotivation binary (similarity 0.92)
- Anti-control politics must invent discontent forms beyond wages (similarity 0.87)
Broader Connections
- Post-Fordist resistance must escape the motivation and demotivation binary
#exemplifies(0.95) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 68 - Capitalism co-opts opposition and must be escaped rather than confronted
#expands(0.85) — Andrew deWaard, Derivative Media, 468 - Radical hopelessness can open political horizons by refusing growth logics
#qualifies(0.80) — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 40 - Capitalism structurally requires collective mood swings to function
#expands(0.80) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 75