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A Precarious Dance, a Derivative Sociality
- TDR: The Drama Review
- The MIT Press
- Volume 56, Number 4, Winter 2012 (T216)
- pp. 62-77
- Article
- Additional Information
Derivatives are associated attributes of some underlying value that are deployed to manage risks but wind up generating volatility: they move forces of production into swirls of circulation. Finance lacks the means to register these mobilizing forces and their attendant principles of kinesthetic sovereignty, which become sensible in dance.