Virtualism (eBook, ePUB)

A New Political Economy
Redaktion: Carrier, James G.; Miller, Daniel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

We live in a time of economic virtualism, whereby our lives are made to conform to the virtual reality of economic thought. Globalization, transnational capitalism, structural adjustment programmes and the decay of welfare are all signs of the growing power of economics, one of the most potent forces of recent decades.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000323931
• Artikelnr.: 60050385

Autorenporträt

James G. Carrier Daniel Miller Professor of Anthropology,University College London. Recent books include 'A Theory of Shopping', 'The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach' (with Don Slater) and Ed. 'Car Cultures'.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, 1 Abstraction in Western Economic Practice 2 The Triumph of
Economics; Or, 'Rationality' Can Be Dangerous to Your Reasoning 3
Abstraction, Reality and the Gender of' Economic Man' 4 Development and
Structural Adjustment 5 Cash for Quotas: Disputes over the Legitimacy of an
Economic Model of Fishing in Iceland 6 The Transnational Capitalist Class 7
Virtual Capitalism: The Globalisation of Reflexive Business Knowledge
Conclusion: A Theory of Virtualism