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The structures and processes that provide a context favorable to commoditization are sedimented into our lives so that they become taken-for-granted and apparently unproblematic aspects of the cultural scenery. Language, economic "realities," our styles of thought and categorization, education, the infrastructure we inhabit, and subjectivity itself have all been shaped in ways that make commoditization seem inevitable and even natural. Consequently, the more noticeable excesses of commoditization are the symptoms of a much more pervasive colonization of the world and our own lives. This article explores some of the historical and contemporary factors involved in a system of commoditizing pressures that is deeply woven into the fabric of industrial society.

Presents an in‐depth case study of the practical experience of applying
interactive vehicle routeing and scheduling software at a major brewing
company in the United Kingdom (UK). Illustrates the use of the software
at all levels of transport planning and addresses strategic, tactical
and operational issues; comprises a review of the software′s overall
implementation and its consequences within the organization. Special
attention is given to the critical analysis of both quantitative and
qualitative benefits, as well as organizational problems arising from
the use of such software.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- 1 Giorgio Agamben (1942-) -- 2 Alain Badiou (1937-) -- 3 Zygmunt Bauman (1925-) -- 4 Homi K. Bhabha (1949-) -- 5 Judith Butler (1956-) -- 6 Cornelius Castoriadis (1922-97) -- 7 Green Critical Theorists -- 8 Donna J. Haraway (1944-) -- 9 Ernesto Laclau (1935-) and Chantal Mouffe (1943-) -- 10 Bruno Latour (1947-) -- 11 Antonio Negri (1933-) -- 12 Jacques Rancière (1940-) -- 13 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942-) -- 14 Paul Virilio (1932-) -- 15 Slavoj Žižek (1949-) -- Names index -- Subject index