Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday

Description: Cultures of Financialization by M. Haiven Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Cultures of Financialization argues that, in our age of crisis, the global economy is more invested than ever in culture and the imagination. We must take the idea of fictitious capital seriously as a way to understand the power of finance, and what might be done to stop it. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Drawing on a wide range of case studies, Cultures of Financialization argues that, in our age of crisis, the global economy is more invested than ever in culture and the imagination. We must take the idea of fictitious capital seriously as a way to understand the power of finance, and what might be done to stop it. Author Biography Max Haiven is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Public Policy at New York University and teaches at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. His research focuses on the fate of the imagination under contemporary forms of capitalism. His work on the imaginative dimensions of finance and the broader social trend towards financialization has appeared in leading journals including Social Text, Cultural Studies, and Mediations. He is guest editor of a special issue of the journal TOPIA on The Financialized Imagination and Beyond. His work on the radical imagination and social movements has appeared in journals including Cultural Critique, Cultural Studies, Critical Methodologies, and The Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies. Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Reproduction of Fictitious Capital 2. Precariousness: Two Models of Social Liquidation 3. Securitization: Walmarts Empire 4. Play: Coming of Age in the Pokéconomy 5. Creativity: Parables of the Leveraged Imagination 6. Resistance: And its discontents Conclusion Works Cited Promotional Springer Book Archives Details ISBN134947035X Language English Year 2014 ISBN-10 134947035X ISBN-13 9781349470358 Format Paperback Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title CULTURES OF FINANCIALIZATION 2 Media Book DEWEY 306.3 Publication Date 2014-01-01 Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 225 Author M. Haiven AU Release Date 2014-01-01 NZ Release Date 2014-01-01 UK Release Date 2014-01-01 Illustrations VIII, 225 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2014 Alternative 9781137355966 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:127048114;

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