1st Edition
Virtualism A New Political Economy
228 Pages
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Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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We live in a time of economic virtualism, whereby our lives are made to conform to the virtual reality of economic thought. Globalization, transnational capitalism, structural adjustment programmes and the decay of welfare are all signs of the growing power of economics, one of the most potent forces of recent decades. In the last thirty years, economics has ceased to be just an academic... Read more
Introduction, 1 Abstraction in Western Economic Practice 2 The Triumph of Economics; Or, 'Rationality' Can Be Dangerous to Your Reasoning 3 Abstraction, Reality and the Gender of' Economic Man' 4 Development and Structural Adjustment 5 Cash for Quotas: Disputes over the Legitimacy of an Economic Model of Fishing in Iceland 6 The Transnational Capitalist Class 7 Virtual Capitalism: The Globalisation of Reflexive Business Knowledge Conclusion: A Theory of Virtualism
Biography
James G. Carrier Daniel Miller Professor of Anthropology,University College London. Recent books include 'A Theory of Shopping', 'The Internet: An Ethnographic Approach' (with Don Slater) and Ed. 'Car Cultures'.
