Imagined Economies - Real Fictions : New Perspectives on Economic Thinking in Great Britain

Imagined Economies - Real Fictions New Perspectives on Economic Thinking in Great Britain

The way we conceptualise the economy and ourselves as homo economicus has profound consequences for our lives. The contributions to this anthology take debates about the financial crisis, about recent austerity measures or about the Brexit referendum a step further. A common denominator of these dyn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Fischer, Jessica (auth), Fischer, Jessica editor (editor), Stedman, Gesa editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2020
Bielefeld : [2020]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Edition Kulturwissenschaft
Materias:
Since 1997
Economy; Homo Economicus; Real Fiction; Neoliberalism; Great Britain; Reality; Europe; Brexit; Financial Crisis; Power; Culture; Cultural Studies; British Studies; Cultural Theory; Economic Theory;
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1997-
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 1997-
Great Britain
Brexit.
British Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural Theory.
Culture.
Economic Theory.
Europe.
Financial Crisis.
Great Britain.
Homo Economicus.
Neoliberalism.
Power.
Real Fiction.
Reality.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter 1 Table of Contents 5 Introduction 7 Why Imagined Economies? 17 The Rise and Decline of Doux Commerce: Change of Experience and Change of Perception 35 The Emotional Economies of Colonial Capitalism and Its Legacies 55 Imagining Money 79 Beneath and Beyond the City: The Multiple Faces of British Finance 101 A Nation of Shopkeepers? The Idealised High Street in Brexit Britain 119 The New Democratic Economy: An Imaginary and Real Alternative 139 Imaginary Economies: Narratives for the 21st Century 157 Authors 175

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