
The Economy as Cultural System
Theory, Capitalism, Crisis
Bloomsbury Academic (Publisher)
Published on 17. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-4411-4003-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-4003-6 (9781441140036)
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Persons
Clara Sacchetti is an Adjunct Professor for Philosophy and a sessional lecturer for Women's Studies. Her areas of interest include studies in feminist theory, post-colonial history, and postmodernism. She has published feature articles and reviews in FUSE Magazine, Boston Book Review, CAN, and The Semiotic Review of Books.
Content
Acknowledgements
Preface
Todd Dufresne
Introduction: The Economy as Cultural System: Theory, Capitalism, Crisis
Clara Sacchetti
1. The I/Eye of Capital: Classical Theoretical Perspectives on the Spectral Economies of Late Capitalism
Thomas M. Kemple
2. Can't Buy Me Love: Psychiatric Capitalism and the Economics of Happiness
Joel Faflak
3. Metaphoric Wealth: Finance, Financialization, and the End of Narrative
Max Haiven
4. The Burden of Metaphor: Marx's Vampires, Populist Politics, and the Dialectics of Capitalist Abstraction
Matthew MacLellan
5. Critical Theory Against the Dispossession of Needs: From Perpetual Crisis to Social Engagement
Tim Kaposy
6. Finance and the Social Time of Aging: Toward a Synthesis
Justin Sully
7. The Work Idea: Wage Slavery, Bullshit, and the Good Infinite
Mark Kingwell
8. The Uniqueness of Late Capitalism: Biopower and Biopolitics
Kezia Picard
9. Place, Creativity, and Richard Florida: On the Aesthetics of Economic Development
Todd Dufresne and Clara Sacchetti
10. Franco "Bifo" Berardi & the Future of Capitalism: "We Have to Run Along The Line of Catastrophe"
Andrew Pendakis
References
Preface
Todd Dufresne
Introduction: The Economy as Cultural System: Theory, Capitalism, Crisis
Clara Sacchetti
1. The I/Eye of Capital: Classical Theoretical Perspectives on the Spectral Economies of Late Capitalism
Thomas M. Kemple
2. Can't Buy Me Love: Psychiatric Capitalism and the Economics of Happiness
Joel Faflak
3. Metaphoric Wealth: Finance, Financialization, and the End of Narrative
Max Haiven
4. The Burden of Metaphor: Marx's Vampires, Populist Politics, and the Dialectics of Capitalist Abstraction
Matthew MacLellan
5. Critical Theory Against the Dispossession of Needs: From Perpetual Crisis to Social Engagement
Tim Kaposy
6. Finance and the Social Time of Aging: Toward a Synthesis
Justin Sully
7. The Work Idea: Wage Slavery, Bullshit, and the Good Infinite
Mark Kingwell
8. The Uniqueness of Late Capitalism: Biopower and Biopolitics
Kezia Picard
9. Place, Creativity, and Richard Florida: On the Aesthetics of Economic Development
Todd Dufresne and Clara Sacchetti
10. Franco "Bifo" Berardi & the Future of Capitalism: "We Have to Run Along The Line of Catastrophe"
Andrew Pendakis
References