Making Money

The Philosophy of Crisis Capitalism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

1 589 kr

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Making Money examines the interrelation between problem gambling, drug addiction and shopaholism on the one hand and contemporary capitalism on the other. Drawing on a wide range of sources, from neurobiological research to Marx's theory of surplus value and from Andersen's tale of "The Princess and the Pea" to interviews with drug addicts, the author dissects three key components of modern capitalism - money, the body and the commodity - in order to establish that the gambler, the drug addict and the shopaholic are, in the end, both a post-ideological avant-garde and a destitute waste-product of capitalism.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-04-22
Mått157 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagVerso Books
ISBN9781781682661

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'With its explosive combination of philosophy, economics, and Lacanian psychoanalysis, Bjerg's book provides an absolutely indis-pensable guide through the labyrinth of economics. It makes us fully aware of thecrazy world we live in. It is a kind of theor-etical equivalent of a science fiction filmin which we discover that aliens are already among us and are controlling us.' --Slavoj iek 'Ole Bjerg provides us with a brilliant philo-sophical examination of this phenomenon that we call "money" ... This book should be onthe reading list of all economists, bankers, civil servants, politicians and, most importantly, of all citizens if we are to stand any chance of overcoming the deep dysfunctions of themoney and banking system that were drama-tically revealed by their near collapse in 2008.' --Tony Greenham, Head of Finance and Business at New Economics Foundation and co-author of "Where Does Money Come From? "