Papers by Arianna Bove
Journal for Cultural Research, 2021
Resistance is a puzzle for politics. Its presence is perceived as the sign of a healthy political... more Resistance is a puzzle for politics. Its presence is perceived as the sign of a healthy political culture, yet the controversies it raises cannot always be resolved without changing the fabric of the political community. In this, some see it as a fundamental danger, a risk within democracy. Resistance is thought of as a problem to solve, a matter to handle, an irritant to quell, a brake on progress and development. Yet there exists a strong current in political theory, and practice, that stood this perspective on its head. This tradition assigns to resistance the role of prime mover in social ontology, and of creative drive in political relations. This paper discusses this contribution and its legacy.
History of European Ideas, Jan 27, 2020
Democratic governance is under increasing scrutiny as a result of waning trust in political insti... more Democratic governance is under increasing scrutiny as a result of waning trust in political institutions, and a widening gap between public aspirations and government performance. The purpose of this paper is to address what is currently diagnosed as a democratic deficit by calling into question the notion of consent, procedures advocated in its pursuit, and its relationship with democracy. To this purpose, the paper reviews seminal works that have investigated the nexus of democracy and consent over time: The Calculus of Consent, The Engineering of Consent and Manufacturing Consent. In this, it presents different understandings of the processes whereby consent is arrived at, and questions whether they support or undermine democratic aspirations.
International Journal of Community Currency Research, 2017
The paper presents the findings of ethnographic research and a survey of a Local Exchange Trading... more The paper presents the findings of ethnographic research and a survey of a Local Exchange Trading Scheme in North East London and asks the question of whether the scheme delivers on the aims and objectives of its members. The research found that whilst its members express a strong politically motivated desire for an alternative to the prevailing economic system, the LETS scheme falls short of delivering on those ambitions. The findings raise the question of whether there is anything intrinsic to this form of local community currency that leads it to be more inclusive, egalitarian and fair.
Journal of Political Marketing, 2014
This article contributes to the debate on the relationship between marketing and propaganda throu... more This article contributes to the debate on the relationship between marketing and propaganda through an analysis of social marketing as a mode of governing in permanent campaigning. The working hypothesis is that social marketing operations are agitational rather than propagandistic. The conceptual approach stems from a comparison of propaganda and marketing with Fordist and post-Fordist modes of production and governance. The research into the role of agitation involves an empirical study of the UK government campaign against benefit fraud, the most expensive of its kind. Using a combination of methodologies, the political context is framed through a discourse analysis that charts the historical emergence of the problem of benefit fraud and the material effects of this discourse on welfare spending allocation, content analysis is used to identify correspondences between different newspapers’ rhetoric and policy under different governments, and semiotic analysis helps to decode the message of the campaign against benefit fraud, as it relates to the overall government’s strategy on this issue. The study offers insights into the political strategy of the government of New Labour between 1997 and 2010 and its resort to agitational techniques, exposing the limitations of government marketing and public relations in the context of an overall crisis of its political legitimacy, in both economic and political terms.
Business Ethics: A European Review, 2013
For good reasons we often think about ethics and strategy as two opposing categories. But as surf... more For good reasons we often think about ethics and strategy as two opposing categories. But as surfaces in which we see social practices reflected, as abstract planes in which social consciousness resides and which subjectivities reinvent, they share some deep and perhaps uncomfortable similarities. In this paper, we question whether they are irreconcilable categories and, through a discussion of the paradoxes of strategy and the antinomies of ethics, we examine their fraught relationship in current economic responses to the crisis. First, we outline the discursive topographies of strategy and ethics in respect to their abstract relations, and examine their integument in business ethics and strategy in context. Then, we show how there cannot be a simple coexistence of these two categories in organisational practice: one must in fact be subordinate to the other, although this subordination can produce the persistence of the other, even in its negation. Finally, we conclude that the asymmetrical nature of ethics and strategy entails that whereas ethics can immanently give rise to strategy, strategic questions on their own can only produce anti-systemic ethical responses.
Books by Arianna Bove
Mapping Precariousness, Labour Insecurity and Uncertain Livelihoods. Subjectivities and Resistance., 2017
The condition of precariousness not only provides insights into a segment of the world of work or... more The condition of precariousness not only provides insights into a segment of the world of work or of a particular subject group, but is also a standpoint for an overview of the condition of the social on a global scale. Because precariousness is multidimensional and polysemantic, it traverses contemporary society and multiple contexts, from industrial to class, gender, family relations as well as political participation, citizenship and migration.
This book maps the differences and similarities in the ways precariousness and insecurity in employment and beyond unfold and are subjectively experienced in regions and sectors that are confronted with different labour histories, legislations and economic priorities. Establishing a constructive dialogue amongst different global regions and across disciplines, the chapters explore the shift from precariousness to precariat and collective subjects as it is being articulated in the current global crisis. This edited collection aims to continue a process of mapping experiences by means of ethnographies, fieldwork, interviews, content analysis, where the precarious define their condition and explain how they try to withdraw from, cope with or embrace it.
Books' chapters by Arianna Bove
安东尼奥·奈格里的著述从哲学诠释、马克思政治经济学到政治小册子和戏剧作品都有所涉猎，时间横跨50年。如果说有什么东西将这些内容迥异的著作联系起来的话，那就是对社会本体论逻辑的探究。本文主要是关注... more 安东尼奥·奈格里的著述从哲学诠释、马克思政治经济学到政治小册子和戏剧作品都有所涉猎，时间横跨50年。如果说有什么东西将这些内容迥异的著作联系起来的话，那就是对社会本体论逻辑的探究。本文主要是关注奈格里对阶级、经济、权力关系和斗争这些概念的政治的、历史的再阐释，关注他的辩证法批判和超验哲学，以及他对历史主体的创造性力量所体现出来的积极主体性的定位，同时也描绘了他自己参加解放和抵抗实践的情况。
Translating Beyond Europe
Eine Tradition, die weit mehr umfasst als die Philosophie, hat uns gelehrt, das Denken des Denken... more Eine Tradition, die weit mehr umfasst als die Philosophie, hat uns gelehrt, das Denken des Denkens führe uns ins Tiefste unseres Innern. Das Sprechen des Sprechens führt uns über die Literatur, aber vielleicht auch auf anderen Wegen in jenes Außen, in dem das sprechende Subjekt verschwunden ist. Zweifellos liegt hier der Grund, warum das abendlän-dische Denken so lange gezögert hat, das Sein des Sprechens zu denken: als hätte es die Gefahr geahnt, die der Evidenz des ›Ich bin‹ von der nackten Erfahrung des Sprechens droht.
The Bloomsbury Italian Philosophy Reader, 2022
An introduction to Christian Marazzi followed by a short text by him.
by Ambra Moroncini, Guido Bonsaver, Daragh O'Connell, David Bowe, Olivia Santovetti, Serena Vandi, Beatrice Sica, Paolo Gervasi, Lorenza Gianfrancesco, Maria Bonaria Urban, Daniela Cerimonia, Arianna Bove, Luca Marcozzi, Fabio Vighi, and Carla CHIUMMO Per non dimenticare la pluralità di voci, opere, pratiche e strategie di impegno civile e politic... more Per non dimenticare la pluralità di voci, opere, pratiche e strategie di impegno civile e politico nella storia culturale italiana.
From Agamben To Zizek. Contemporary Critical Theorists, 2010
My introduction here covers Negri's political and historical reworking of the notions of class, t... more My introduction here covers Negri's political and historical reworking of the notions of class, the economy, power relations and conflict; his critique of dialectics and transcendental philosophy; and the location of an affirmative subjectivity in the creative power of historical subjects, while also charting Negri's own involvement in social movements and the price he paid at the hands of a vindictive state.
Part of The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines
Volume III, Europe 1880-1... more Part of The Oxford Critical and Cultural History of Modernist Magazines
Volume III, Europe 1880-1940, based on archival research, this chapter presents and analyses the magazines edited by Antonio Gramsci and Piero Gobetti, revolutionary intellectuals whose lives were cut short by the Fascist regime.
Mapping Precariousness, Labour Insecurity and Uncertain Livelihoods. Subjectivities and Resistance, 2017
Conferences by Arianna Bove
by Ambra Moroncini, Daragh O'Connell, Olivia Santovetti, Lorenza Gianfrancesco, Chiara De Caprio, Nicoletta Mandolini, Daniel Raffini, Serena Vandi, Paolo Saporito, Olmo Calzolari, Carlotta Mazzoncini, Arianna Bove, Stefano Serafini, Alice Franzon, Paolo Gervasi, Maria Rita Mastropaolo, Alessandra Pellegrini De Luca, Corrado Claverini, Maria Bonaria Urban, Luca Marcozzi, Silvia Ross, and Stefano Jossa This conference will explore the theme of resistance in Italy looking at the literature, politics... more This conference will explore the theme of resistance in Italy looking at the literature, politics and aesthetics of innovation and subversion in Italian culture from Dante to the present. Whilst we hope to re-examine what one might designate as the classical Resistance (1943-45), we are equally interested in examining the ideas and practices challenging domineering tradition, illegitimate power and status hierarchies from early modern Italy up to now.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/newsandevents/italianstudiesconference
Book Reviews by Arianna Bove
Theory, Culture & Society, 2018
In When the Word Becomes Flesh, Paolo Virno endorses Aristotle’s definition of the human being as... more In When the Word Becomes Flesh, Paolo Virno endorses Aristotle’s definition of the human being as a linguistic and political animal to argue that language, and more specifically the speech act, is an intrinsically political practice and the ultimate mediating point between biological invariants and changing historical determinations. This review discusses Virno’s most original insights with a focus on two main counterpoints to his theory of language: Ferdinand de Saussure and Immanuel Kant.
Review of Paolo Virno’s When the Word becomes Flesh. Language and Human Nature. Translated by Giuseppina Mecchia (MIT Press, 2015), 264 pages.
A review of Enda Brophy's study of call centre work in global capitalism. Language put to wor... more A review of Enda Brophy's study of call centre work in global capitalism. Language put to work. Published in 2018
Marx and Philosophy Review of Books, 2020
Organization, 2019
Review of Assembly, Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. xiii ... more Review of Assembly, Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. xiii + 346 pp. £25 (hbk). ISBN: 9780190677961
Edited volume by Arianna Bove
The condition of precariousness not only provides insights into a segment of the world of work or... more The condition of precariousness not only provides insights into a segment of the world of work or of a particular subject group, but is also a privileged standpoint for an overview of the condition of the social on a global scale. Because precariousness is multidimensional and polysemantic, it traverses contemporary society and multiple contexts, from industrial to class, gender, family relations as well as political participation, citizenship and migration. This book maps the differences and similarities in the ways precariousness and insecurity in employment unfold and are subjectively experienced in regions and sectors that are confronted with different labour histories, legislations and economic priorities. Establishing a constructive dialogue amongst different global regions and across disciplines, the chapters explore the shift from precariousness to precariat and collective subjects as it is being articulated in the current global crisis. This edited collection aims to contin...
Translations by Arianna Bove
The MIT Press eBooks, 2017
"A celebrated theorist examines the conditions of work, employment, and unemployment in neol... more "A celebrated theorist examines the conditions of work, employment, and unemployment in neoliberalism's flexible and precarious labor market. In Experimental Politics, Maurizio Lazzarato examines the conditions of work, employment, and unemployment in neoliberalism's flexible and precarious labor market. This is the first book of Lazzarato's in English that fully exemplifies the unique synthesis of sociology, activist research, and theoretical innovation that has generated his best-known concepts, such as “immaterial labor.” The book (published in France in 2009) is also groundbreaking in the way it brings Foucault, Deleuze, and Guattari to bear on the analysis of concrete political situations and real social struggles, while making a significant theoretical contribution in its own right. Lazzarato draws on the experiences of casual workers in the French entertainment industry during a dispute over the reorganization (“reform”) of their unemployment insurance in 2004 and 2005. He sees this conflict as the first testing ground of a political program of social reconstruction. The payment of unemployment insurance would become the principal instrument for control over the mobility and behavior of the workers. The flexible and precarious workforce of the entertainment industry prefigured what the entire workforce in contemporary societies is in the process of becoming: in Foucault's words, a “floating population” in “security societies.” Lazzarato argues further that parallel to economic impoverishment, neoliberalism has produced an impoverishment of subjectivity—a reduction in existential intensity. A substantial introduction by Jeremy Gilbert situates Lazzarato's analysis in a broader context."
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Papers by Arianna Bove
Books by Arianna Bove
This book maps the differences and similarities in the ways precariousness and insecurity in employment and beyond unfold and are subjectively experienced in regions and sectors that are confronted with different labour histories, legislations and economic priorities. Establishing a constructive dialogue amongst different global regions and across disciplines, the chapters explore the shift from precariousness to precariat and collective subjects as it is being articulated in the current global crisis. This edited collection aims to continue a process of mapping experiences by means of ethnographies, fieldwork, interviews, content analysis, where the precarious define their condition and explain how they try to withdraw from, cope with or embrace it.
Books' chapters by Arianna Bove
Volume III, Europe 1880-1940, based on archival research, this chapter presents and analyses the magazines edited by Antonio Gramsci and Piero Gobetti, revolutionary intellectuals whose lives were cut short by the Fascist regime.
Conferences by Arianna Bove
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/newsandevents/italianstudiesconference
Book Reviews by Arianna Bove
Review of Paolo Virno’s When the Word becomes Flesh. Language and Human Nature. Translated by Giuseppina Mecchia (MIT Press, 2015), 264 pages.
Available here: https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17965_journey-through-utopia-a-critical-assessment-of-imagined-worlds-in-western-literature-by-marie-louise-berneri-reviewed-by-arianna-bove/
Edited volume by Arianna Bove
Translations by Arianna Bove
This book maps the differences and similarities in the ways precariousness and insecurity in employment and beyond unfold and are subjectively experienced in regions and sectors that are confronted with different labour histories, legislations and economic priorities. Establishing a constructive dialogue amongst different global regions and across disciplines, the chapters explore the shift from precariousness to precariat and collective subjects as it is being articulated in the current global crisis. This edited collection aims to continue a process of mapping experiences by means of ethnographies, fieldwork, interviews, content analysis, where the precarious define their condition and explain how they try to withdraw from, cope with or embrace it.
Volume III, Europe 1880-1940, based on archival research, this chapter presents and analyses the magazines edited by Antonio Gramsci and Piero Gobetti, revolutionary intellectuals whose lives were cut short by the Fascist regime.
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/languages/newsandevents/italianstudiesconference
Review of Paolo Virno’s When the Word becomes Flesh. Language and Human Nature. Translated by Giuseppina Mecchia (MIT Press, 2015), 264 pages.
Available here: https://marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/17965_journey-through-utopia-a-critical-assessment-of-imagined-worlds-in-western-literature-by-marie-louise-berneri-reviewed-by-arianna-bove/