circumstances include, at the macro level, an alliance between neoliberalism and extreme conservatism and, at the micro level, a crisis of the hegemonic subject in the face of the emergent empowerment of marginalized communities. She also identifies the conditions necessary to fight against these regimes micropolitically - namely, a reappropriation of the life drive, the drive to creation, the energetic basis at the heart of all life forms, human life included, and the principal source of extraction for the current regime of capitalism. This crucial book by one of the most prominent intellectuals in Latin America today will be of great value to anyone interested in contemporary politics and social struggles.