Cultures of Financialization: Fictitious Capital in Popular Culture and Everyday Life
Author:   M. Haiven
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9781137355966


Pages:   225
Publication Date:   10 October 2014
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Author:   M. Haiven
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.992kg
ISBN:  

9781137355966


ISBN 10:   1137355964
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   10 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Reproduction of Fictitious Capital 2. Precariousness: Two Models of Social Liquidation 3. Securitization: Walmart's Empire 4. Play: Coming of Age in the Pokéconomy 5. Creativity: Parables of the Leveraged Imagination 6. Resistance: And its discontents Conclusion Works Cited

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Max Haiven is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Public Policy at New York University and teaches at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. His research focuses on the fate of the imagination under contemporary forms of capitalism. His work on the imaginative dimensions of finance and the broader social trend towards 'financialization' has appeared in leading journals including Social Text, Cultural Studies, and Mediations. He is guest editor of a special issue of the journal TOPIA on 'The Financialized Imagination and Beyond'. His work on the radical imagination and social movements has appeared in journals including Cultural Critique, Cultural Studies, Critical Methodologies, and The Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies.

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