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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Fischer, Jessica (Editor ), Stedman, Gesa (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript-Verlag, [2020]
Colección:Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 210
Temas:
Political science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Political science
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 1997-
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions économiques > 1997-
Brexit.
British Studies.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural Theory.
Culture.
Economic Theory.
Europe.
Financial Crisis.
Great Britain.
Homo Economicus.
Neoliberalism.
Power.
Real Fiction.
Reality.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Why Imagined Economies?
  • The Rise and Decline of Doux Commerce: Change of Experience and Change of Perception
  • The Emotional Economies of Colonial Capitalism and Its Legacies
  • Imagining Money
  • Beneath and Beyond the City: The Multiple Faces of British Finance
  • A Nation of Shopkeepers? The Idealised High Street in Brexit Britain
  • The New Democratic Economy: An Imaginary and Real Alternative
  • Imaginary Economies: Narratives for the 21st Century
  • Authors

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