24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep

24/7:LateCapitalismandtheEndsofSleepexploressomeoftheruinousconsequencesoftheexpandingnon-stopprocessesoftwenty-first-centurycapitalism.Themarketplacenowoperatesthrougheveryhouroftheclock,pushingusintoconstantactivityanderodingformsofcommunityandpoliticalexpression,damagingthefabricofeverydaylife.JonathanCraryexamineshowthisinterminablenon-timeblursanyseparationbetweenanintensified,ubiquitousconsumerismandemergingstrategiesofcontrolandsurveillance.Hedescribestheongoingmanagementofindividualattentivenessandtheimpairmentofperceptionwithinthecompulsoryroutinesofcontemporarytechnologicalculture.Atthesametime,heshowsthathumansleep,asarestorativewithdrawalthatisintrinsicallyincompatiblewith24/7capitalism,pointstoothermoreformidableandcollectiverefusalsofworld-destroyingpatternsofgrowthandaccumulation.