History in financial times

History in financial times

by Samman, Amin

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"Critical theorists of economy tend to understand the history of market society as a succession of distinct stages. This vision of history rests on a chronological conception of time whereby each present slips into the past so that a future might take its place. This book argues that the linear mode of thinking misses something crucial about the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Rather than each present leaving a set past behind it, the past continually circulates through and shapes the pres…

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  • Full title :History in financial times / Amin Samman.

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"Critical theorists of economy tend to understand the history of market society as a succession of distinct stages. This vision of history rests on a chronological conception of time whereby each present slips into the past so that a future might take its place. This book argues that the linear mode of thinking misses something crucial about the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Rather than each present leaving a set past behind it, the past continually circulates through and shapes the present, such that historical change emerges through a shifting panorama of historical associations, names, and dates. The result is a strange feedback loop between now and then, real and imaginary. Demonstrating how this idea can give us a better purchase on financial capitalism in the post-crisis era, History in Financial Times traces the diverse modes of history production at work in the spheres of financial journalism, policymaking, and popular culture. Paying particular attention to narrative and to notions of crisis, recurrence, and revelation, Amin Samman gives us a novel take on the relation between historical thinking and critique"--Publisher's description.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2019

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xii, 211 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1503609464, 9781503609464
  • oclc:on1060180407
  • LC Classification:HG171
  • Dewey Decimal:332.09

Table of Contents

Introduction : "We live in financial times" -- Crisis thinking -- Historical imagination -- Return and recurrence -- Repetition and revelation -- Names of history.

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Subjects

Crise financière mondiale (2008-2009) Economics -- Philosophy Économie politique -- Philosophie finance Finance -- History Finances -- Histoire Financial crises Financial crises -- History Finanzkrise Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009 History History -- Philosophy Krisentheorie Weltwirtschaft Wirtschaftsentwicklung Wirtschaftsgeschichtsschreibung

Writers

Samman, Amin

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