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The essays in this volume address the question: what does it mean
to understand the contemporary moment in light of the 1930s? In the
aftermath of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,
and facing a dramatic rise of right wing, authoritarian politics
across the globe, the events of the 1930s have acquired a renewed
relevance. Contributions from a diverse, interdisciplinary group of
scholars address the relationship between these historical moments
in various geographical contexts, from Asia-Pacific to Europe to
the Americas, while probing an array of thematic questions-the
meaning of populism and fascism, the contradictions of
constitutional liberalism and "militant democracy," long cycles and
crisis tendencies in capitalism, the gendering and racialization of
right wing movements, and the cultural and class politics of
emancipatory struggles. Uncovering continuity as well as change and
repetition in the midst of transition, Back to the 30s? enriches
our ability to use the past to evaluate the challenges, dangers,
and promises of the present.
Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns, the
modern age has been defined by debates about, and transformations
of, money. The period witnessed the consolidation of national
currencies and monetary policies as well as the diversification of
payment technologies and the proliferation of financial
instruments. Throughout, even as it appeared abstracted by finance
and depoliticized by expert ideologies, money was revealed again
and again to be a powerful medium of cultural imagination and
practical inventiveness as well as the site of public and political
struggles. Modern money - both as a form of liquidity and as a
claim on wealth - remains deeply unsettled, caught between private
and public interests and subject to epic struggles over the
infrastructures of value creation and circulation and their
distributional consequences. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and
textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in the Modern Age
presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the
period on the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual and religion,
the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the
issues of the age.
Bracketed by global financial crises and economic downturns, the
modern age has been defined by debates about, and transformations
of, money. The period witnessed the consolidation of national
currencies and monetary policies as well as the diversification of
payment technologies and the proliferation of financial
instruments. Throughout, even as it appeared abstracted by finance
and depoliticized by expert ideologies, money was revealed again
and again to be a powerful medium of cultural imagination and
practical inventiveness as well as the site of public and political
struggles. Modern money - both as a form of liquidity and as a
claim on wealth - remains deeply unsettled, caught between private
and public interests and subject to epic struggles over the
infrastructures of value creation and circulation and their
distributional consequences. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and
textual sources, A Cultural History of Money in the Modern Age
presents essays that examine key cultural case studies of the
period on the themes of technologies, ideas, ritual and religion,
the everyday, art and representation, interpretation, and the
issues of the age.
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