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Imagined Economies - Real Fictions: New Perspectives on Economic Thinking in Great Britain
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Abstract 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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
economy; neoliberalism; Europe; Great Britain; reality; culture; cultural studies; power; economic theory; financial crisis; homo economicus
Classification
National Economy
Free Keywords
Real Fiction; Brexit; British Studies; Cultural Theory
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
177 p.
Series
Culture & Theory, 210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839448816
ISBN
978-3-8394-4881-6
Status
Published Version; reviewed