Speculative Communities - Living with Uncertainty in a Financialized World (Paperback)

In Speculative Communities, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou examines the ways that speculation has moved beyond financial markets to shape fundamental aspects of our social and political lives. As ordinary people make exceptional decisions, such as the American election of a populist demagogue or the British vote to leave the European Union, they are moving from time-honored and -tested practices of governance, toward the speculative promise of a new, more uncertain future. This book shows how even our methods of building community have shifted to the speculative realm as social media platforms enable and amplify our volatile wagers. For Komporozos-Athanasiou, "to speculate" means increasingly "to connect," to endorse the unknown pre-emptively, and often daringly, as a means of social survival. Grappling with the question of how more uncertainty can lead to its full-throated embrace rather than dissent, Speculative Communities shows how finance has become the model for society writ large. As Komporozos-Athanasiou argues, virtual marketplaces, new social media, and dating apps bring finance's opaque infrastructures into the most intimate realms of our lives, leading to a new type of speculative imagination across economy, culture, and society.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2021
Authors:	Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-81602-9
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Consumer issues
LSN:	0-226-81602-8
Barcode:	9780226816029

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