| Description |
1 online resource (209 pages) |
| Contents |
Speculation : finance and capitalism. The rise of speculative communities; A genealogy of speculative imagination : old spirits of capitalism -- Spectacle : finance and society. Speculative technologies and the new Homo speculans; Speculative intimacies -- Specter : finance and polity. Financialized populism and new nationalisms; Counter-speculations |
| Summary |
"In Speculative Communities, Komporozos-Athanasiou examines the ways that financial speculation has moved beyond markets to shape fundamental aspects of our social and political lives. As ordinary people make exceptional decisions--such as the American election of a populist demagogue or the British vote to leave the European Union--they are moving from time-honored and -tested practices of governance, toward the speculative promise of a different kind of future. Even our methods of building community have shifted to the speculative realm as social media platforms enable and amplify alternative visions of the present and future-these are the "speculative communities" that now shape our personal and political realities. For Komporozos-Athanasiou, "to speculate" means increasingly "to connect," to endorse uncertainty preemptively, and often daringly, as a means of social survival. Finance has thus become the model for society writ large. These financial systems have taken a notable turn in our current era, however. Contemporary capitalism sees the risk-taking, entrepreneurial person being refashioned as a politically disoriented, speculative subject, who embraces the future's radical uncertainty rather than averting it. As Komporozos-Athanasiou shows, virtual marketplaces, new social media, and dating apps function as finance's speculative infrastructures, leading to a new type of imagination across economy and society"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Speculation -- Social aspects
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Finance -- Social aspects
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Capitalism -- Social aspects
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Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects
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Civilization, Modern
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
022681601X |
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9780226816012 |
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9780226816029 |
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0226816028 |
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