Imagined Economies - Real Fictions

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...

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description 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.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-336452025-03-11T21:51:26Z Imagined Economies - Real Fictions Fischer, Jessica Stedman, Gesa Economy Homo Economicus Real Fiction Neoliberalism Great Britain Reality Europe Brexit Financial Crisis Power Culture Cultural Studies British Studies Cultural Theory Economic Theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general 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. 2021-02-10T14:09:57Z 2021-02-10T14:09:57Z 2020-04-28T15:29:34Z 2020 book ID_20200428_14 ID_20200428_14 OCN: 1149503423 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37411 9783839448816 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33645 eng Edition Kulturwissenschaft open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37411/1/9783839448816.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37411/1/9783839448816.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37411/1/9783839448816.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37411/1/9783839448816.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37411/1/9783839448816.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37411/1/9783839448816.pdf transcript Verlag transcript Verlag 10.14361/9783839448816 10.14361/9783839448816 7e97f9b9-be2b-4d9c-a928-3c8ebdfa443c Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 9783839448816 transcript Verlag 180 Bielefeld open access
spellingShingle Economy
Homo Economicus
Real Fiction
Neoliberalism
Great Britain
Reality
Europe
Brexit
Financial Crisis
Power
Culture
Cultural Studies
British Studies
Cultural Theory
Economic Theory
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
Imagined Economies - Real Fictions
title Imagined Economies - Real Fictions
title_full Imagined Economies - Real Fictions
title_fullStr Imagined Economies - Real Fictions
title_full_unstemmed Imagined Economies - Real Fictions
title_short Imagined Economies - Real Fictions
title_sort imagined economies real fictions
topic Economy
Homo Economicus
Real Fiction
Neoliberalism
Great Britain
Reality
Europe
Brexit
Financial Crisis
Power
Culture
Cultural Studies
British Studies
Cultural Theory
Economic Theory
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
topic_facet Economy
Homo Economicus
Real Fiction
Neoliberalism
Great Britain
Reality
Europe
Brexit
Financial Crisis
Power
Culture
Cultural Studies
British Studies
Cultural Theory
Economic Theory
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general
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