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Harm Production and the Moral Dislocation of Finance in the City of London - An Ethnography (Hardcover)
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Harm Production and the Moral Dislocation of Finance in the City of London - An Ethnography (Hardcover)
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This book is about disconnection. Disconnection gives vision to the
City of London as an insulated social arena that, despite creating
vast wealth and being the vanguard of the UK's aspirational future,
has made objects out of you and me. Building on Foucault's
teachings on finance and the ideological force of market
competition, this ground-breaking book gives shape and form to how
financial markets are sustained, managed and performed, and how
they emerge and solidify within the shared cultural imagination and
system of knowledge as a single, smooth, frictionless and coherent
idea. Tracing the impacts of financialisation on those who enact
its harmful logic, the author delves into the spatial disconnection
that separates the City from the rest of London and the UK; the
ontological disconnection that erects a demarcated boundary of
expected outcomes, aspirations and practices; and the social
disconnection experienced by finance workers who elevate themselves
through a marker of perceived difference and ability. Through
emerging narratives and ethnographic encounters, Simpson explores
the practical and cognitive relations that underpin the performance
of finance as a moral endeavour and analyses what it means to live
and work within this extractive industry.
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