Revolting Subjects Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain

Revolting Subjects is a groundbreaking account of social abjection in contemporary Britain, exploring the processes through which specific populations are figured as 'revolting' as well as the practices through which these populations 'revolt' against their subjectification. The book utilises a number of high-profile and in-depth case studies - including 'chavs', asylum seekers, Gypsies, anarchists and the disabled - to examine the ways in which individuals and groups negotiate restrictive, neoliberal ideologies of selfhood. In doing so, Tyler argues for a deeper psycho-social understanding of the role of aesthetic and representational forms in producing marginality, social exclusion and injustice, whilst also showing how it can be a creative resource for resistance.Imaginative and original, Revolting Subjects introduces a range of new insights into neoliberal societies, and will be essential reading for those concerned about widening inequalities, growing social unrest and social justice in the wider global context.

Imogen Tyler is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and co-Director of the Centre for Gender and Women's Studies at Lancaster University.

Introduction: Revolting Subjects1. Social Abjection2. The Abject Politics of British Citizenship3. The Asylum Invasion Complex4. Naked Protest: Maternal Politics and the Feminist Commons5. The Big Society: Eviction and Occupation6. Britain and its Poor7. The Kids are RevoltingRevolting Subjects: An Afterword