‘Resiling from “resilience”’
Abstract
This is a sketch for a critique of “resilience” and “resiliency” as keywords of neoliberal newspeak (officialese, langue de bois) under the innocuous banner of which all manner of business is now being transacted. I register the rapid extension of resilience discourse, note the socioeconomic context of its rise to prominence, and identify its implicit political assumptions and its social and subjective effects and side effects.
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Resilience arguably requires adapting to destructive forms of change rather than examining and challenging their root causes.
“Shown to depoliticise austerity by defining it as inevitable (Davis, 2016), resilience arguably requires adapting to destructive forms of change rather than examining and challenging their root causes.”
From Critical Mindfulness in Social Work: Exploring the Potential of Reflexive Self-Care in the Journey from Student to Social Worker (2022) · cites this paper as Davis, 2016
The concept of resilience is subject to increasing academic criticism.
“Second, the concept of resilience is subject to increasing academic criticism.”
From Critical Mindfulness in Social Work: Exploring the Potential of Reflexive Self-Care in the Journey from Student to Social Worker (2022) · cites this paper as Davis, 2016
Resilience has been shown to depoliticise austerity by defining it as inevitable.
“Shown to depoliticise austerity by defining it as inevitable (Davis, 2016), resilience arguably requires adapting to destructive forms of change rather than examining and challenging their root causes.”
From Critical Mindfulness in Social Work: Exploring the Potential of Reflexive Self-Care in the Journey from Student to Social Worker (2022) · cites this paper as Davis, 2016
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- Authors
- Davis, O.
- Affiliations
- University of Warwick (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Davis, Oliver
- ORCID
- Davis, Oliver
- Venue
- Studies in Gender and Sexuality
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-04-02
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 135-138
- ISSN
- 1524-0657 (ISSN-L)
- 1940-9206
- OpenAlex
- W2400180823
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 2.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Studies in Gender and Sexuality (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Foucault, Power, and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Cultural and political discourse analysis
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Keywords
- resilience, neoliberalism, Newspeak, socioeconomic context, subjective effects, social consequences
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