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Why does contemporary calculation proceed as calculation of the
quality of everything, to the extent that quality comes to be
perceived as a controversial word, endowed with enigmatic power?
How should we consider calculation of quality? And how, from the
perspective of quality, can we renew questioning on the very nature
of the calculative and on the (in)calculability of the human? In
what way should we approach quality and calculability in current
socio-economic and managerial scenarios? In considering quality of
life and its calculation, how can we reflect on the issue of life
enhancement? What does it mean that, precisely under the banner of
quality, life, in its individuality and totality, emerges as being
obviously calculable and enhanceable? How should we think of
quality, calculation and life when life resonates on the scale of
the post-human?
Money is an important instrument of calculation: as a unit of account and means of payment, it serves the purpose of exchange. Yet, it is increasingly becoming itself an object of exchange and calculation on financial markets, which tend less to the production and exchange of real goods. The question therefore is: has the economy lost its measure?
Why does contemporary calculation develop as calculation of the quality of everything? How should we consider calculation of quality and the relationship between calculation and enhancement of life? These and related questions are addressed through phenomenological investigation and a critical analysis of the social science debate.
Money is an important instrument of calculation: as a unit of account and means of payment, it serves the purpose of exchange. Yet, it is increasingly becoming itself an object of exchange and calculation on financial markets, which tend less to the production and exchange of real goods. The question therefore is: has the economy lost its measure?
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