Albena Azmanova is professor of political and social science at City StGeorge’s, University of London, specializing in critical social theory and political economy.

• Introduction: No Exit? The Futures of Progressive Politics Albena Azmanova, University of London, UKPart ONE: Critique, Criticism, Emancipation Chapter 1: Critique at an Impasse: The Neo-Feudal Condition and the Inclusionary Imagination Gal Hertz, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel and Naveh Frumer, Tel Aviv University, IsraelChapter 2: Emancipation and Critique - From Paradox to Pragmatism Iain MacKenzie, University of Kent, UK and Robert Porter, Ulster University, UKChapter 3: The Dialectic of Utopia: Dystopia and the Possibility of Utopia Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UKChapter 4: Paradoxes of Intellectual and Social Emancipation in “Of the Coming of John” and Barbie James Chamberlain, Mississippi State University, USA.Part TWO: From Deadlock to Breakthrough. Political Logistics and Cultural TechnologiesChapter 5: The Power and the Peril of Humanizing Projects Jeffrey Flynn, Fordham University, USAChapter 6: Empowerment as Surrender: How Women Lost the Battle for Emancipation as They Won Equality and InclusionAlbena Azmanova, University of London, UKChapter 7: From Emancipation to Autocracy – 1989’s Wrong Turns Evgenii Dainov, New Bulgarian University, BulgariaChapter 8: Freedom with a Helping of Blowback: The Paradox of Postcolonial Emancipation in Afghanistan Bojan Savic, University of Kent, UKChapter 9: The Snowden Paradox Raphaël Wolff, Inholland University, NetherlandsChapter 10: Digital Daddy Knows Best Nolen Gertz, University of Twente, NetherlandsChapter 11: High Performance Hell: Can Homo Academicus Survive the McManagerial University Peter Fleming, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaPart Three: Emancipatory Political Economy?Chapter 12: Housing as Cooperation: The Emancipative Character of Collective PropertyRegina Kreide, Justus Liebig University, GermanyChapter 13: The Paradox of Emancipation of the Contract of Employment Nicola Countouris, University College London, UKChapter 14: The Paradoxes of ‘Freeing’ Work – from Precarization to Democratization Lisa Herzog, University of Groningen, NetherlandsChapter 15: The Strange World of Corporate Power: The Paradox of Corporate Arbitrage Anastasia Nesvetailova, University of London, UK and Ronen Palan, University of London, UKAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

Albena Azmanova is professor of political and social science at City StGeorge’s, University of London, specializing in critical social theory and political economy.

• Introduction: No Exit? The Futures of Progressive Politics Albena Azmanova, University of London, UKPart ONE: Critique, Criticism, Emancipation Chapter 1: Critique at an Impasse: The Neo-Feudal Condition and the Inclusionary Imagination Gal Hertz, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel and Naveh Frumer, Tel Aviv University, IsraelChapter 2: Emancipation and Critique - From Paradox to Pragmatism Iain MacKenzie, University of Kent, UK and Robert Porter, Ulster University, UKChapter 3: The Dialectic of Utopia: Dystopia and the Possibility of Utopia Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UKChapter 4: Paradoxes of Intellectual and Social Emancipation in “Of the Coming of John” and Barbie James Chamberlain, Mississippi State University, USA.Part TWO: From Deadlock to Breakthrough. Political Logistics and Cultural TechnologiesChapter 5: The Power and the Peril of Humanizing Projects Jeffrey Flynn, Fordham University, USAChapter 6: Empowerment as Surrender: How Women Lost the Battle for Emancipation as They Won Equality and InclusionAlbena Azmanova, University of London, UKChapter 7: From Emancipation to Autocracy – 1989’s Wrong Turns Evgenii Dainov, New Bulgarian University, BulgariaChapter 8: Freedom with a Helping of Blowback: The Paradox of Postcolonial Emancipation in Afghanistan Bojan Savic, University of Kent, UKChapter 9: The Snowden Paradox Raphaël Wolff, Inholland University, NetherlandsChapter 10: Digital Daddy Knows Best Nolen Gertz, University of Twente, NetherlandsChapter 11: High Performance Hell: Can Homo Academicus Survive the McManagerial University Peter Fleming, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaPart Three: Emancipatory Political Economy?Chapter 12: Housing as Cooperation: The Emancipative Character of Collective PropertyRegina Kreide, Justus Liebig University, GermanyChapter 13: The Paradox of Emancipation of the Contract of Employment Nicola Countouris, University College London, UKChapter 14: The Paradoxes of ‘Freeing’ Work – from Precarization to Democratization Lisa Herzog, University of Groningen, NetherlandsChapter 15: The Strange World of Corporate Power: The Paradox of Corporate Arbitrage Anastasia Nesvetailova, University of London, UK and Ronen Palan, University of London, UKAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

Albena Azmanova is professor of political and social science at City StGeorge’s, University of London, specializing in critical social theory and political economy.

• Introduction: No Exit? The Futures of Progressive Politics Albena Azmanova, University of London, UKPart ONE: Critique, Criticism, Emancipation Chapter 1: Critique at an Impasse: The Neo-Feudal Condition and the Inclusionary Imagination Gal Hertz, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Israel and Naveh Frumer, Tel Aviv University, IsraelChapter 2: Emancipation and Critique - From Paradox to Pragmatism Iain MacKenzie, University of Kent, UK and Robert Porter, Ulster University, UKChapter 3: The Dialectic of Utopia: Dystopia and the Possibility of Utopia Gerard Delanty, University of Sussex, UKChapter 4: Paradoxes of Intellectual and Social Emancipation in “Of the Coming of John” and Barbie James Chamberlain, Mississippi State University, USA.Part TWO: From Deadlock to Breakthrough. Political Logistics and Cultural TechnologiesChapter 5: The Power and the Peril of Humanizing Projects Jeffrey Flynn, Fordham University, USAChapter 6: Empowerment as Surrender: How Women Lost the Battle for Emancipation as They Won Equality and InclusionAlbena Azmanova, University of London, UKChapter 7: From Emancipation to Autocracy – 1989’s Wrong Turns Evgenii Dainov, New Bulgarian University, BulgariaChapter 8: Freedom with a Helping of Blowback: The Paradox of Postcolonial Emancipation in Afghanistan Bojan Savic, University of Kent, UKChapter 9: The Snowden Paradox Raphaël Wolff, Inholland University, NetherlandsChapter 10: Digital Daddy Knows Best Nolen Gertz, University of Twente, NetherlandsChapter 11: High Performance Hell: Can Homo Academicus Survive the McManagerial University Peter Fleming, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaPart Three: Emancipatory Political Economy?Chapter 12: Housing as Cooperation: The Emancipative Character of Collective PropertyRegina Kreide, Justus Liebig University, GermanyChapter 13: The Paradox of Emancipation of the Contract of Employment Nicola Countouris, University College London, UKChapter 14: The Paradoxes of ‘Freeing’ Work – from Precarization to Democratization Lisa Herzog, University of Groningen, NetherlandsChapter 15: The Strange World of Corporate Power: The Paradox of Corporate Arbitrage Anastasia Nesvetailova, University of London, UK and Ronen Palan, University of London, UKAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors