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 dynamics are underlying ideas of »the economy«. Each author identifies a facet of Britain's imagined economies. They connect seemingly separate fields such as finance and fiction in order to better understand current political changes. In addition, the book offers an urgently needed interdisciplinary view on the performative power of economic thought – and in this respect moves far beyond merely British perspectives.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Table of Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Introduction
Seiten 7 - 16 -
Why Imagined Economies?
Seiten 17 - 34 -
The Rise and Decline of Doux Commerce: Change of Experience and Change of Perception
Seiten 35 - 54 -
The Emotional Economies of Colonial Capitalism and Its Legacies
Seiten 55 - 78 -
Imagining Money
Seiten 79 - 100 -
Beneath and Beyond the City: The Multiple Faces of British Finance
Seiten 101 - 118 -
A Nation of Shopkeepers? The Idealised High Street in Brexit Britain
Seiten 119 - 138 -
The New Democratic Economy: An Imaginary and Real Alternative
Seiten 139 - 156 -
Imaginary Economies: Narratives for the 21st Century
Seiten 157 - 174 -
Authors
Seiten 175 - 180
14 February 2020, 180 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4881-2
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