Economy as Cultural System

Theory, Capitalism, Crisis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvTodd Dufresne,Clara Sacchetti,Todd DuFresne

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The 2008 global crisis, unemployment, lack of retirement funds, bank bailouts... today, the "economy" is on everyone's mind. But what makes this rather opaque concept work? This collection of essays seeks out the answer by exploring contemporary capitalism from a variety of theoretical perspectives and by confronting the economy as a cultural system, a theory, and a driving force of every day life in the West. The first part of the book discusses past and present representation of capitalism (from Hegel and Marx to Negri and Florida) along with their continuing impact. The second part focuses on capitalism as a locus of power and resistance, and maps possible responses to the current situation. The roles of metaphor and discourse is examined throughout to rethink the implications of power in the context of globalization and consumer culture.Each chapter features an abstract, study questions, as well as further reading suggestions, which, along with its accessible theoretical coverage, will make the book an essential study tool for students in social and political thought, globalization, and social theory.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-01-17
Mått157 x 235 x 16 mm
Vikt463 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor208
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781441170378

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AcknowledgementsPrefaceTodd DufresneIntroduction: The Economy as Cultural System: Theory, Capitalism, CrisisClara Sacchetti1. The I/Eye of Capital: Classical Theoretical Perspectives on the Spectral Economies of Late Capitalism Thomas M. Kemple2. Can't Buy Me Love: Psychiatric Capitalism and the Economics of HappinessJoel Faflak3. Metaphoric Wealth: Finance, Financialization, and the End of NarrativeMax Haiven 4. The Burden of Metaphor: Marx's Vampires, Populist Politics, and the Dialectics of Capitalist AbstractionMatthew MacLellan5. Critical Theory Against the Dispossession of Needs: From Perpetual Crisis to Social EngagementTim Kaposy6. Finance and the Social Time of Aging: Toward a SynthesisJustin Sully7. The Work Idea: Wage Slavery, Bullshit, and the Good Infinite Mark Kingwell8. The Uniqueness of Late Capitalism: Biopower and BiopoliticsKezia Picard9. Place, Creativity, and Richard Florida: On the Aesthetics of Economic DevelopmentTodd Dufresne and Clara Sacchetti10. Franco "Bifo" Berardi & the Future of Capitalism: "We Have to Run Along The Line of Catastrophe"Andrew PendakisReferences