

Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the Twenty-first Century
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Escape Routes: Control and Subversion in the Twenty-first Century by Dimitris Papadopoulos, Niamh Stephenson, and Vassilis Tsianos is a critical examination of contemporary forms of power and resistance in an era defined by global control mechanisms and increasingly mobile populations. The authors explore how people, particularly migrants and marginalized groups, find ways to subvert and escape systems of regulation and control that operate at the intersection of borders, labor, and social norms. Rather than focusing on traditional notions of resistance, they examine the inventive and often invisible strategies that people use to navigate and transform their conditions of existence. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches, including poststructuralist theory, migration studies, and critical social theory, the book argues for the significance of mobility, networks, and autonomous social practices as key elements in escaping the oppressive logics of contemporary capitalism and governance. It ultimately presents a hopeful vision of how subversion and creative flight can open up new political possibilities in the twenty-first century.