Logistics and Power

"Through vivid storytelling, Logistics and Power reveals how supply chains shape our world. Susan Zieger deftly interweaves multiple narratives to show how logistics--far more than moving stuff around--functions as both physical infrastructure and conceptual framework, transforming our understanding of modernity, power, and resistance."--Brett Neilson, coauthor of The Rest and the West: Capital and Power in a Multipolar World

"We can think logistically about the world to the extent that it has become logistical. This book captures that change in flight, a bravura exposition of a world-picture coming into view even as the lineaments of that world--our world--undergo their own sea change."--Joshua Clover, author of Riot. Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings

"Zieger brilliantly exposes the subtle yet pervasive structures of logistical power and shows why reimagining them is key to a more just future. She not only illuminates the circuits of exploitation at the heart of capitalism's supply chains but also sketches out counter-logistical possibilities that harness collective action to resist this system. Her compelling prose invites us to move beyond convenience and guilt, urging us to envision a future where we can all move--and be moved--in more collective and transformative ways."--Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, author of Speculative Communities: Living with Uncertainty in a Financialized World

"Logistics and Power imaginatively weaves together disciplines, geographies, and historical periods to create a new and truly exceptional vision of the supply chain. A beautifully composed counter-logistical story about one of the most complex objects of our time, this book is essential reading."--Nicole Starosielski, author of Media Hot and Cold

Susan Zieger is Professor of English at the University of California, Riverside and author of The Mediated Mind and Inventing the Addict.