Screen LibraryThe emotional logic of capitalism : what progressives have missed /
"The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract utilitarian rationality. But what if such hallowed critiques are completely misleading? This book argues that the production of new sources of faith and...
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Stanford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Stanford, California : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract utilitarian rationality. But what if such hallowed critiques are completely misleading? This book argues that the production of new sources of faith and enchantment is crucial to the dynamics of the capitalist economy. Distinctively secular patterns of attraction and attachment give modern institutions a binding force that was not available to more traditional forms of rule. Elaborating his alternative approach through an engagement with the semiotics |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 172 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-165) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780804794473 0804794472 9780804794077 0804794073 |
| Index Number: | HB501 |
| CLC: | F03 |
| Call Number: | F03/K824 |
| Contents: | Money as icon -- Affective signs -- Icon and economy -- Semiotics of iconicity -- Economy in America -- Lineages of progressivism -- Economy and affect -- Neoliberal economy. |