Nigel Thrift

Knowing Capitalism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

à â  This is an ambitious, original, and complex treatment of key aspects of contemporary capitalism. It makes a major contribution because it profoundly destabilizes the scholarship on globalization, the so-called new economy, information technology, distinct contemporary business cultures and practicesà â  - Saskia Sassen, author of Globalization and its Discontents

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Produktdetails

• Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
• Verlag: SAGE Publications Inc
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9781412900591
• ISBN-10: 141290059X
• Artikelnr.: 21714522

Autorenporträt

Nigel Thrift is a Visiting Professor in Oxford and Tsinghua Universities. He was previously Executive Director of Schwarzman Scholars, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Warwick and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Oxford University.

Inhaltsangabe

Adventures of Capitalism The Cultural Circuit of Capitalism PART ONE: THE CULTURAL CIRCUIT OF CAPITALISM The Rise of Soft Capitalism The Place of Complexity Virtual Capitalism The Globalization of Reflexive Business Knowledge Cultures on the Brink - with Kris Olds Re-Engineering the Soul of Capitalism on a Global Scale PART TWO: THE NEW ECONOMY
It
s the Romance, Not the Finance, that Makes the Business Worth Pursuing
Disclosing a New Market Culture Performing Cultures in the New Economy The Automatic Production of Space - with Shaun French Closer to the Machine? Intelligent Environments, New Forms of Possession and the Rise of the Supertoy Electric Animals New Models of Everyday Life? Remembering the Technological Unconscious by Foregrounding Knowledges of Postition