Strategizing desire

Abstract

This contribution comments and builds on Callum Sutherland's exploration of the spatial imaginaries latent in the thinking of the late Mark Fisher. Appreciating Sutherland's rich account on the nexus of space, (post-) capitalism, culture, and desire – as developed through a spatial reading of Fisher – I suggest the broadening of such a project to include a less prominent part of Fisher's work, namely his theorization of organization and strategy. Outlining four strategic orientations that thread through Fisher's work – ‘mobilization of desire’, ‘institutional memory’, ‘creative freedom’, and ‘future orientation’ – I discuss Fisher's take on postcapitalist strategies alongside the spatial–temporal imaginaries carved out by Sutherland.

Towards an intersectional postcapitalism

“…I want to begin by thanking my respondents for their – in different ways – generous engagement. In this final response, I want to begin by briefly addressing the pieces from Anitra, Benedikt, and Oli, before giving Margaret's critique more sustained attention (Mould, 2023; Ramírez, 2023; Nelson, 2023; Schmid, 2023). Although all of the responses connect my piece – and Fisher's work – to vital arenas of postcapitalist thought and practice, Margaret's urgent critique reframes the article in such a way that it might be useful – although, as she highlights, it doesn’t need to be – in the creation of a more polyvocal postcapitalist politics.…”