Overview
Commentary on the financial crisis has offered technical analysis, political finger pointing, and myriad economic and political solutions. But rarely do these investigations reach beyond the economic and political causes of the crisis to explore their underlying intellectual grounds. The essays in this volume delve deeper into the cultural and intellectual foundations, philosophical ideas, political traditions, and economic movements that underlie the greatest financial crisis in nearly a century. Moving beyond traditional economic and political science approaches, these essays engage thinkers from Hannah Arendt to Max Weber and Adam Smith to Michel Foucault. With Arendt as a catalyst, the authors probe the philosophical as well as the cultural origins of the great recession. Orienting the volume is Arendt's argument that past financial crises and also totalitarianism are rooted, at least in part, in the tendency for capital to expand its reach globally without regard to political and moral borders or limits. That politics is made subservient to economics names a cultural transformation that, in the spirit of Arendt, guides these essays in making sense of our present world. Including articles, interviews, and commentary from leading scholars and business executives, this volume offers views that are as diverse as they are timely. By reaching beyond ""how"" the crisis happened to ""why"" the crisis happened, the authors re-imagine the recent financial crisis and thus provide fresh thinking about how to respond.
Full Product Details
Author: Roger Berkowitz ,
Taun N. Toay
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.443kg
ISBN: 9780823249602
ISBN 10: 0823249603
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 01 October 2012
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
A novel, intriguing, and fruitful angle from which to approach the recent financial crisis. Gary Mongiovi, St. John's University An important contribution to the discussions about the origins and character of the financial crisis. Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Roskilde University
GCGBPA novel, intriguing and fruitful angle from which to approach the recent financial crisis. GCoGary Mongiovi, St. John's University A novel, intriguing and fruitful angle from which to approach the recent financial crisis. -Gary Mongiovi, St. John's University An important contribution to the discussions about the origins and character of the financial crisis. -Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Roskilde University
An important contribution to the discussions about the origins and character of the financial crisis. -- -Jacob Dahl Rendtorff Roskilde University A novel, intriguing and fruitful angle from which to approach the recent financial crisis. -- -Gary Mongiovi St. John's University
<br> A novel, intriguing and fruitful angle from which to approach the recent financial crisis. -Gary Mongiovi, St. John's University<p><br> An important contribution to the discussions about the origins and character of the financial crisis. -Jacob Dahl Rendtorff, Roskilde University<p><br>
Author Information
Roger Berkowitz is the Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities and Associate Professor of Politics, Human Rights, and Philosophy at Bard College.
