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Record Nr.

UNINA9911069554003321

Autore

Gonnermann Annika

Titolo

Absent Rebels: Criticism and Network Power in 21st Century Dystopian Fiction / / Annika Gonnermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tübingen, : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag, 2021

ISBN

9783823394594

3823394592

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 pages)

Collana

Mannheimer Beiträge zur Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft ; 85

Disciplina

330.122

Soggetti

Netzwerktheorie

Netzwerke

network theory

networks Kapitalismuskritik

Kapitalismus

Capitalism

Dystopie

Dystopia

Dystopian Literature

Kritische Theorie

Critical Theory

Neoliberalismus

Neoliberalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

[1. Auflage]

Nota di contenuto

I. Introduction: Dystopia Today II. The Dystopian Genre 1. Genre, Etymology, and Definition of Utopian, Eutopian, and Dystopian Fiction 2. The History of Dystopian Fiction 3. Context, Criticism, and Rahel Jaeggi's Critique of Forms of Life (2014) 3.1. Classical Dystopian Fiction, State Totalitarianism, and 'External Criticism' 3.2. Contemporary Dystopian Fiction, Neoliberal Capitalism, and 'Immanent Criticism' III. 'Crowd-Founded' Dystopia: Dave Eggers' The Circle (2013 1. Corporate Dystopia - The Rise of the Circle 2. "Don't You See That It's All Connected?"- The Company and Network Standards 3. Network



Standards - The Circlers' Loss of Identity and Longing for Recognition  4. "They Have Offered No Alternative" - The 'Eutopian' Monopoly of the Circle  IV. The Totalitarian Face of Neoliberalism: Margaret Atwood's The Heart Goes Last (2015) 1. "Jobs For All!" - The Eutopian Facade of Neoliberalism  2. "The Right Choice(!?)" - Involuntary Decisions Within Neoliberal Network 3. The Banality of Dystopia - Totalitarianism as Product of the Free Market 4. "I need to help fix this" - The Impossibility of Thinking beyond Neoliberal Capitalism V. Feeding Neoliberal Capitalism: M. T. Anderson's Feed (2002) 1. Conceptionariums and Air Factories - The Commodification of Life and Nature 2. "I Did Not Get the Job" - Network Standards, Neoliberal Capitalism, and the Feed 3. Trendy Riot Gear & Evil Corporations - The Absence of Resistance  4. "Hope was looking off to the side" - The Inefficiency of 'External Criticism VI. Predatory Capitalism Throughout History: David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (2004) 1. From Empire to Corpocracy - The History of Capitalism 2. "Free Will Plays No Part in My Story" - Networks and Path Dependence 3. A "Cannibals' Banqueting Hall" - Consumption and Its (Narratological) Limits 4. "Hydra" versus "A Multitude of Drops" - 'Immanent Criticism' as Compass for Reform VII. Clones and Free-Market Capitalism: Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go (2005) 1. Our "Most Marketable Stuff" - The Commodification of Life, Art, and Sex 2. "Tommy Had Brought All His Problems on Himself" - Individuals Within Networks  3. The Logic Behind Rebellion - The Confusion of Voluntariness and Freedom 4. "That Frightened People" - The Failure of 'External Criticism' VIII. Dystopia, 'Immanent Criticism', and its Eutopian Implication IX. Works Cited

Sommario/riassunto

Absent Rebels: Criticism and Network Power in 21st Century Dystopian Fiction focuses on the relationship between literary dystopia, network power and neoliberalism, explaining why rebellion against a dystopian system is absent in so many contemporary dystopian novels. Also, this book helps readers understand modern power mechanisms and shows ways how to overcome them in our own daily lives.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973294803321

Titolo

China's domestic private firms : multidisciplinary perspectives on management and performance / / Anne S. Tsui, Yanjie Bian, and Leonard Cheng, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

9786610934225

9781317474944

1317474945

9781315705804

131570580X

9781317474951

1317474953

9781280934223

1280934220

9780765620040

0765620049

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Classificazione

85.05

Altri autori (Persone)

BianYanjie <1955->

ChengLeonard K (Leonard Kwok-Hon)

TsuiAnne S

Disciplina

338.6/10951

338.610951

Soggetti

Small business - China

Small business - China - Management

China Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate book."

First published 2006 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Explaining the growth and development of the Chinese domestic private sector / Anne S. Tsui, Yanjie Bian, and Leonard Cheng -- Explaining China's emerging private economy : sociological perspectives / Yanjie Bian and Zhanxin Zhang -- Family businesses in



China, 1978-96 : entry and performance / Xiaogang Wu -- Transnational or social capital? returnees versus local entrepreneurs / Wilfried R. Vanhonacker, David Zweig, and Siu Fung Chung -- The sweatshop and beyond : authority relations in domestic private enterprises / Yi-min Lin -- Property rights regimes and firm behavior : theory versus evidence / Xueguang Zhou, He Cai, and Qiang Li -- Observing private business in China / Thomas B. Gold -- A survey of the economics literature of China's nonstate enterprises / David Daokui Li -- Decentralization and the structure of Chinese corporate boards : do politicians jeopardize board professionalism and firm performance? / Dong-Hua Chen, Joseph P.H. Fan, and T.J. Wong -- Firm behavior in a mixed market : the case of China / Changqi Wu and David D. Li -- In marketplace and boardroom : what do we know and not know about China's nonstate enterprises? / Yijiang Wang -- China's domestic private firms : a literature review and directions for future research / Jiatao Li and Ji Yu Yang -- Authority and benevolence : employee's responses to paternalistic leadership in China / Jiing-Lih Farh ... [et al.] -- The commitment-focused HRM system : adoption and performance implications in domestic private firms / Yaping Gong, Kenneth Law, and Katherine Xin -- Lenovo's pursuit of dynamic strategic fit / Steven White and Wei Xie -- The emergence of China's private-sector firms : theory development in the midst of evolving institutional and industrial conditions / Claudia Bird Schoonhoven -- China's private sector : a global perspective / Andrew G. Walder.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most important outcomes of market reforms in China has been the emergence of a significant domestic private sector. This book presents an analysis of the management and operation of these domestic private firms, which are defined as companies or organizations created by PRC citizens, including township enterprises and collectives.