![]() ![]() By following the linkage between neoliberalism and a specific production of subjectivities, the final section will outline a twofold argument: first, for the acceptance and necessary politicization that one is knowingly “living at the end of times ” second, for the positive utilization of the new peculiarities of subjectivities forged by the rationale behind contemporary neoliberalism. ![]() As a metaphor of a particular economic and cultural conjuncture, this increased speed will be read through the lens of Michel Foucault’s analysis of neoliberal economics and its strong emphasis on the responsibility of the individual worker. Alongside the representation of the end of the world, this article will focus on the increased speed of zombies’ movements witnessed in the past fifteen years. ![]() A renewed critical potential can be found in the relation between the metaphor of the zombie – considered here as referring to a determinate political subjectivation – and the representation of the end of the world so common in these narratives. However, besides the repetitiveness of this trope in cultural, political, and economic debates, this article will argue that the critical potential of the figure of the zombie has not been investigated thoroughly enough. The horde of the undead has admittedly infected our collective imagination. ![]()
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