From liquid life to A politics of the subject; or public administration for A fragile planet

The enormity of the challenges and changes the world is facing demand that we reimagine the very notion of “government.” While sometimes useful, traditional sectoral divisions of labor (e.g. government, market, civil sphere) are an impediment to this reimagining. This essay argues that we need a dynamic, relational understanding of governing and different conceptualization of the relationship of the self to governing. This entails a revolution, initially, less in the formal political institutions than a transformation in the way in which we think about living together and labor to create a life in common.