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"Spectacular Speculation" is a history and sociological analysis of
the semantics of speculation from 1870 to 1930, when speculation
began to assume enormous importance in popular culture. Informed by
the work of Luhmann, Foucault, Simmel and Deleuze, it looks at how
speculation was translated into popular knowledge and charts the
discursive struggles of making speculation a legitimate economic
practice. Noting that the vocabulary available to discuss the
concept was not properly economic, the book reveals the underside
of putting it into words. Speculation's success depended upon
non-economic language and morally questionable thrills: a proximity
to the wasteful practice of gambling or other degenerate behaviors,
the experience of financial markets as seductive, or out of
control. American discourses of speculation take center stage, and
the book covers an unusual range of material, including stock
exchange guidebooks, ticker tape, moral treatises, plays,
advertisements, and newspapers.
"Spectacular Speculation" is a history and sociological analysis of
the semantics of speculation from 1870 to 1930, when speculation
began to assume enormous importance in popular culture. Informed by
the work of Luhmann, Foucault, Simmel and Deleuze, it looks at how
speculation was translated into popular knowledge and charts the
discursive struggles of making speculation a legitimate economic
practice. Noting that the vocabulary available to discuss the
concept was not properly economic, the book reveals the underside
of putting it into words. Speculation's success depended upon
non-economic language and morally questionable thrills: a proximity
to the wasteful practice of gambling or other "degenerate"
behaviors, the experience of financial markets as seductive, or out
of control. American discourses of speculation take center stage,
and the book covers an unusual range of material, including stock
exchange guidebooks, ticker tape, moral treatises, plays,
advertisements, and newspapers.
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Undoing Networks (Paperback)
Tero Karppi, Urs Staheli, Clara Wieghorst, Lea Zierott
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R465
R411
Discovery Miles 4 110
Save R54 (12%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Exploring and conceptualizing practices, technologies, and politics
of disconnecting How do we think beyond the dominant images and
imaginaries of connectivity? Undoing Networks enables a different
connectivity: "digital detox" is a luxury for stressed urbanites
wishing to lead a mindful life. Self-help books advocate "digital
minimalism" to recover authentic experiences of the offline.
Artists envision a world without the internet. Activists mobilize
against the expansion of the 5G network. If connectivity brought us
virtual communities, information superhighways, and participatory
culture, disconnection comes with privacy tools, Faraday shields,
and figures of the shy. This book explores nonusage and the "right
to disconnect" from work and from the excessive demands of digital
capitalism.
Dieses umfassende Lexikon zur Soziologie ist ein Klassiker seines
Faches und unverzichtbar fur alle, die sich mit
Sozialwissenschaften genauer befassen. Fur die Neuauflage wurden
alle Eintrage durchgesehen, zahlreiche Begriffe hinzugefugt und das
Werk insgesamt aktualisiert.
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