Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times

The Psychic Life of Contemporary Capitalism

366 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What is a libidinal economy? How are we psychically hooked into the circuits of the capitalist economy? The contributors to this book question the relevance of a concept that began reappearing in critiques and analyses of capitalist societies since the financial crisis of 2007. The chapters stretch from its philosophical pre-history – including Marx, Spinoza, Cavendish and Ibn Sina – to the term's introduction with Freud and on, via Lyotard, to how online platforms put our psyches to work. Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times is a collection of essays by leading scholars about the connections among economies, pleasures, and desires.

• Reihe: Edition Kulturwissenschaft
• ISBN: 9783837656855
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.10.2024
• Genre: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
• Verlag: transcript
• Herausgegeben von: Ben Gook