"Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the Absolute surveys the disparate answers to this question offered by artists, film-makers, writers and theorists over the past few decades. It zones in on the crises of representation that have accompanied the enduring crisis of capitalis…
"Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the Absolute surveys the disparate answers to this question offered by artists, film-makers, writers and theorists over the past few decades. It zones in on the crises of representation that have accompanied the enduring crisis of capitalis…
This anthology of writings from the ancient Greeks to contemporary thinkers provides students, scholars and general readers with an opportunity to develop a more self-conscious and critical relationship to commercial life. It challenges the inattention of mainstream economics to…
Is commercialization the mainspring of modernity? Do modern commercial forms represent an end state of social development--the "end of history"? Reflections on Commercial Life, an anthology of writings from the ancient Greeks to contemporary thinkers, poses these and other simil…
by ebrary, Inc, Gladstein, Mimi Reisel
fromMajor conservative and libertarian thinkers
by ProQuest (Firm), Gladstein, Mimi Reisel
fromMajor conservative and libertarian thinkers
The novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was one of the most influential 20th century advocates of free market capitalism. Her work inspired Objectivism, a philosophical movement and former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cited Rand as a formative intellectual influence.…
Against the need for speed, Malign Velocities tracks acceleration as the symptom of the ongoing crises of capitalism.
We are told our lives are too fast, subject to the accelerating demand that we innovate more, work more, enjoy more, produce more, and consume more. That's one familiar story. Another, stranger, story is told here: of those who think we haven't gone fast enough. Instead of rejec…
A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism's relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual toolkit available to answer t…