Utopian confluences: anthropological mappings of generative politics

Abstract

In this introductory essay, we introduce the possibility of an anthropology of generative politics, focusing in particular on its utopian unfoldings. We depart from the recognition that the current global political landscape is exposing new forms of collective mobilisation that challenge prevailing understandings of 'the human', collective agency and chronotopical experiences. Through a critical review of anthropological and other scholarship on, for instance, (post)humanism, as well as a presentation of contemporary socio-political configurations, we make the case for generative politics being integral to what we term 'utopian confluences'.