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Escaping the Burrow
From: The Age of Insecurity
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In this chapter, Taylor examines how commercial insurance moved from collective security to individual risk, examining Kafka’s early twentieth- century work in Prague, the industry’s complicity in the slave trade, and the ‘great risk shift’ producing modern debt.
Contributors
Astra Taylor
Astra Taylor is a filmmaker, writer, and political organizer, born in Winnipeg, MB, and raised in Athens, GA; she currently lives in New York. Her latest book is Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions, and her other books include the American Book Award winner The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age. She regularly writes for major publications, has directed multiple documentaries, toured with the band Neutral Milk Hotel, and co-founded the Debt Collective.
