Tools
ToolsWilliams, Alexander (2019) Strategy without a Strategiser. Angelaki, 24 (1). pp. 14-25. ISSN 0969-725X
Preview |
PDF (Accepted manuscript)
- Accepted Version
Download (187kB) | Preview |
Abstract
The key claims of left accelerationism are grounded upon a network of concepts. Crucial here have been the notions of hegemony (the genesis of which exists within the work of Antonio Gramsci); strategy (a notably polyvalent concept); and rationality (which has strong roots in the contemporary analytic tradition but which has been widely critiqued within the Continental one). Though the concepts of hegemony–strategy and strategy–rationality have received wide treatment, the hegemony and rationality pair has received minimal attention. Yet to render the core arguments of left accelerationism explicable requires that these three ideas are placed in some concrete relation. To put the issue another way: what is the relationship between power (hegemony) and rationality? This article will argue that many of the critiques which the left accelerationist position has received are bound up in misunderstanding this relationship. To remedy such misnomers, we will argue that it is a more sophisticated understanding of strategy that can help bridge these two domains. This leads us to delineate a form of strategy-without-a-strategiser, a distributed and emergent strategic orientation which mediates the power/rationality binary.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | Issue 1: alien vectors: accelerationism, xenofeminism, inhumanism |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | accelerationism,complexity,hegemony,rationality,strategy,cultural studies,philosophy,literature and literary theory ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3316 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies (former - to 2024) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Cultural Politics, Communications & Media |
| Related URLs: | |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2018 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2024 00:18 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/68628 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0969725X.2019.1568730 |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |