Power and Polycrisis: On the Durability of Capitalism-Patriarchy-Colonialism

Birgit Kaiser*, Kathrin Thiele, Esther Jansen, Arianna Paterino, Flor Avelino, Katinka Wijsman

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Abstract

This paper is inspired by Jamaican cultural critic Sylvia Wynter who notes that contemporary times do not face a list of separate problems, but a ‘global problematique’. While these current socio-political, economic and ecological challenges are often referred to as ‘polycrisis’, this paper asks what the focus on crisis obfuscates and how instead a focus on power can help move beyond the emergency-exceptionalism of crisis-thinking. Our argument highlights how specifically the durable and interlocking effects of capitalist, patriarchal and (neo-)colonial power have to be analysed in conjunction. For these interlocking vectors of power, we propose the acronym ‘CPC’.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Political Power
Early online date27 Jan 2025
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Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 27 Jan 2025

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