refusal

A plan is afoot at archive : s0metim3s for a discussion of Mario Tronti's "The Strategy of Refusal". This comes on the heels of Jodi's Long Sunday post on "Bartleby in Power" and coincides with Nate's encouragement: Leggiamo Tronti.

We all want to say "We prefer not to." The brilliance of the "strategy of refusal" is its immediate appeal. Against the moralism that so often characterizes the Left. Against notions of sacrifice, struggle, or self-improvement. A valorization of what starts as an exasperated sigh: "Enough already!"

And a realization that the real moralism lies elsewhere.