03136nam 2200673 a 450 991082238280332120240313134051.00-8047-8825-110.1515/9780804788250(CKB)2670000000335593(EBL)1117241(OCoLC)827208529(SSID)ssj0000820437(PQKBManifestationID)12314381(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820437(PQKBWorkID)10863359(PQKB)10735792(MiAaPQ)EBC1117241(DE-B1597)564542(DE-B1597)9780804788250(Au-PeEL)EBL1117241(CaPaEBR)ebr10651970(OCoLC)1198930705(PPN)236069969(EXLCZ)99267000000033559320120521d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpectacular speculation thrills, the economy, and popular discourse /Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth1st ed.Stanford, Calif. Stanford University Press20131 online resource (312 p.)Translation of: Spektakuläre Spekulation : das Populäre der Ökonomie.0-8047-7131-6 0-8047-7132-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Gambling and speculation : entertaining contingency? -- The normalization of "wild contingency" : stabilizing the distinction between gambling and speculation -- Charles Mackay : the spectacle of equality -- Speculative vistas : crowds and speculation in the USA during the nineteenth century -- Alone against the crowd : the communicative techniques of the contrarians -- The eroticism of the market and the gender of speculation -- The rhythm of the market.Spectacular Speculation is a history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation from 1870 to 1930, when speculation began to assume enormous importance in popular culture. Informed by the work of Luhmann, Foucault, Simmel and Deleuze, it looks at how speculation was translated into popular knowledge and charts the discursive struggles of making speculation a legitimate economic practice. Noting that the vocabulary available to discuss the concept was not properly economic, the book reveals the underside of putting it into words. Speculation's success depended upon noSpeculationUnited StatesHistorySpeculationHistoryFinanceSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistoryFinanceSocial aspectsHistorySpeculationHistory.SpeculationHistory.FinanceSocial aspectsHistory.FinanceSocial aspectsHistory.332.64/5Stäheli Urs1966-1671509Savoth Eric1671510MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822382803321Spectacular speculation4034139UNINA