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The emotional logic of capitalism : what progressives have missed / / Martijn Konings



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Autore: Konings Martijn <1975-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The emotional logic of capitalism : what progressives have missed / / Martijn Konings Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 pages)
Disciplina: 330.12/2
Soggetto topico: Capitalism - Philosophy
Capitalism - Psychological aspects
Economics - Philosophy
Economics - Psychological aspects
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Money as Icon -- Chapter 2. Affective Signs -- Chapter 3. Icon and Economy -- Chapter 4. Semiotics of Iconicity -- Chapter 5. Economy in America -- Chapter 6. Lineages of Progressivism -- Chapter 7. Economy and Affect -- Chapter 8. Neoliberal Economy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract utilitarian rationality. But what if such hallowed critiques are completely misleading? This book argues that the production of new sources of faith and enchantment is crucial to the dynamics of the capitalist economy. Distinctively secular patterns of attraction and attachment give modern institutions a binding force that was not available to more traditional forms of rule. Elaborating his alternative approach through an engagement with the semiotics of money and the genealogy of economy, Martijn Konings uncovers capitalism's emotional and theological content in order to understand the paradoxical sources of cohesion and legitimacy that it commands. In developing this perspective, he draws on pragmatist thought to rework and revitalize the Marxist critique of capitalism.
Titolo autorizzato: The emotional logic of capitalism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-9450-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797291203321
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