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Spectacular speculation : thrills, the economy, and popular discourse / / Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth



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Autore: Stäheli Urs <1966-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Spectacular speculation : thrills, the economy, and popular discourse / / Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2013
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
Disciplina: 332.64/5
Soggetto topico: Speculation - United States - History
Speculation - History
Finance - Social aspects - United States - History
Finance - Social aspects - History
Altri autori: SavothEric  
Note generali: Translation of: Spektakuläre Spekulation : das Populäre der Ökonomie.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 no
Titolo autorizzato: Spectacular speculation  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8047-8825-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822382803321
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