Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times : The Psychic Life of Contemporary Capitalism

• Autore: Gook Ben.
• Pubblicazione: Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 pages)
• Disciplina: 330.019
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism
• Altri autori: Gook
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Libido, Economy, Crisis -- The libidinal as an expanded field -- Intensified zones of attachment: desires and drives -- Libido, in this economy -- Crises in / of libido -- References -- Axioms of Libidinal Economy -- References -- “Out of Your System”: After Lyotard’s Libidinal Set‐Ups -- 1968: “March 23” -- Globalisation: “Deluge Warning” -- “The system” and the question of terror: “Survivor” -- References -- Negative Solidarity: The Affective Economy in Neoliberalism’s Decline -- Affective economy: A definition -- Negative solidarity -- Affective economy/mythic economy -- References -- The Antisociality of Capitalism (Some Preliminary Reflections) -- Marx, Freud, and the antisocial -- Ressentimental economy -- From Bentham to Sade -- References -- Becoming a Master of an Island Again: On the Desire to be Bodiless -- Bodies and fantasies -- Fiction: The mariner of York -- Fiction: An individual as homo economicus, as homo politicus -- Robinson’s body and the fantasies of bodilessness
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the concept of 'libidinal economy' as a framework for understanding the interplay between desire, trauma, and socio-economic crises in contemporary capitalist societies. Edited by Ben Gook, the book brings together interdisciplinary essays examining the psychic and collective dimensions of crises such as the 2008 global financial collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and political instability. Contributors draw on psychoanalysis, cultural theory, and philosophy to analyze how libidinal investments shape and are shaped by systemic failures, including economic inequality, political disaffection, and environmental degradation. The work reflects on the historical and ongoing relevance of theories by Freud, Lacan, and others in addressing mass psychology and the politics of desire. Designed for scholars and students in cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, the book provides insights into the psychosocial underpinnings of 21st-century crises.
• Titolo autorizzato: Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times
• ISBN: 9783839456859; 3839456851
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910920945503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II