Discourses of Capitalism

Christian W. Chun is Assistant Professor of Culture, Identity, and Language Learning in the Applied Linguistics Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. He is the author of Power and Meaning Making in an EAP Classroom: Engaging with the Everyday (2015).

• AcknowledgmentsChapter One: The discourses of capitalism Chapter Two: Ideology, common sense, and hegemonyChapter Three: Discourse itineraries of economic representationsChapter Four: Common-sense beliefs: "The only system that ever does work"Chapter Five: Hegemonic discourses of capitalism: "Nothing is perfect"Chapter Six: Counter-hegemonic discourses: "Who gets all the money?"Chapter Seven: Public pedagogy engaging with the discourses of capitalismReferences

“Based on his own life history and embodied praxis, Christian Chun offers us a rare authentic voice in this powerful yet sensitive study of how Americans discursively turn capitalism into common sense. Oscillating between Marxian theory and observations of contemporary events and employing innovative research tactics, this study can serve as a model for mature critical inquiry.” Jan Blommaert, Tilburg University, The Netherlands"Christian Chun's work contributes significantly to growing criticism of the stale, ossified rationalization of the capitalist status-quo that comprises so much of contemporary economics and presents itself as a science above partisan ideologies. Important reading for any serious engagement with modern economics." Richard D. Wolff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA