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Precarious bodies… are not merely demonstrating a shift in the social contract but in ordinary affective states. (Berlant 2011: 197).Critically analyse the argument that Berlant provides for this claim within her work Cruel Optimism. In your response, define cruel optimism and examine whether Hardts account of a Spinozist approach to politics might offer tools for resisting the problems Berlant describes.
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