Sociology of Debt

Mark Featherstone is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Keele University. His research specialisms include social theory, critical theory, and psychoanalysis and he has published a number of books and journal articles in these fields. He is currently co-editor of the journal Cultural Politics.

• Introduction: towards a sociology of debt ~ Mark FeatherstoneDebt, complexity and the sociological imagination ~ Lisa AdkinsDebt drive and the imperative of growth ~ Ole BjergMemory, counter-memory and resistance: notes on the ‘Greek Debt Truth Commission’ ~ Joshua Bowsher‘Deferred lives’: money, debt and the financialised futures of young temporary workers ~ Mark Davis and Laura Cartwright‘Choose your moments’: discipline and speculation in the indebted everyday ~ Samuel Kirwan, Leila Dawney and Rosie WalkerDigital subprime: tracking the credit trackers ~ Joe DevilleDebt, usury and the ongoing crises of capitalism ~ Nicholas GaneThe art of unpayable debts ~ Max HaivenEcologies of indebtedness ~ Mark Featherstone

"A sociological study of debt is long overdue, and this volume brilliantly builds on and surpasses earlier work in economic sociology, philosophy and political economy. Each contribution will appeal to readers with academic, political, or personal interests in the macro- and micro-political reframing of indebtedness."Thomas Kemple, University of British Columbia