TY - BOOK ID - 9342539 TI - Metaphoricity and the politics of mobility AU - Margaroni, Maria. AU - Yiannopoulou, Effie. PY - 2006 SN - 9042020342 9789042020344 9401203237 1429456469 9781429456463 9789401203234 PB - Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, DB - UniCat KW - Culture and globalization. KW - Metaphor. KW - Movement, Psychology of. KW - Place (Philosophy). KW - Population geography -- Political aspects. KW - Population geography. KW - Process philosophy. KW - Transnationalism. KW - Population geography KW - Place (Philosophy) KW - Political aspects. KW - Trans-nationalism KW - Transnational migration KW - Motor psychology KW - Parabole KW - Globalization and culture KW - Change KW - Philosophy KW - Demography KW - Human geography KW - International relations KW - Motion KW - Psychophysiology KW - Motion study KW - Movement education KW - Muscular sense KW - Figures of speech KW - Reification KW - Globalization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9342539 AB - This collection of essays investigates the convergence between the postmodern politics of mobility and a politics of metaphor, a politics, in other words, in the context of which the production and displacement of meaning(s) constitute the major stakes. Ranging from discussions of re-territorialization, multiculturalism, “digisporas” and transnational politics and ethics, to September 11th, the Pentagon’s New Map, American legislation on Chinese immigration, Gianni Amelio’s film Lamerica , Keith Piper’s online installations and Doris Salcedo’s Atrabiliarios , the collection aims to follow three different theoretical trajectories. First, it seeks to rethink our concepts of mobility in order to open them up to the complexity that structures the thoughts and practices of a global order. Second, it critically examines the privileged position of concepts and metaphors of mobility within postmodern theory. In juxtaposing conflictual theoretical formulations, the book sets out to present the competing responses that fuel academic debates around this issue. Finally, it evaluates the influence of our increasingly mobile conceptual frameworks and everyday experience on the redefinition of politics that is currently under way, especially in the context of Post-Marxist theory. Its hope is to contribute to the production of alternative political positions and practices that will address the conflicting desires for attachment and movement marking postmodernity. ER -