Goodbyelabouring man, long livehomo economicus: the new precarity in the world of work

Between consumption, accumulation and precarity: The psychic and affective practices of the female neoliberal spiritual subject

“…At least three different ways to use precarity exist in the literature (Millar, 2017): first, a labour condition related to flexible working conditions, the erosion of job stability and benefits; second, a socio-economic category or expression of class; third, based on Butler’s (2004, 2009) work as a frame of apprehension that conditions which lives are considered grievable. Drawing on work that seeks to bridge these differing approaches (Berlant, 2011; Butler and Stoyanova Russell, 2018; Mackenzie and McKinlay, 2021; Molé, 2010; Ozkiziltan, 2021; Tyler and Vachhani, 2021), we conceptualise precarity as a condition of certain labour market regimes, in particular neoliberalism, which has perpetuated inequalities in society (Amis et al, 2018; Stiglitz, 2013) through the roll back of regulations and promotion of free markets. Following such approaches, we are interested in how subjectivities are constituted through precarity.…”