EAN: 9783110634549

THE CULTURAL LIFE OF MONEY KARTONIERT (TB)

The book discusses how culture simultaneously shapes and is shaped by the economy. Over the
past few years  as the world has staggered from one financial crisis to another  the neat
separation of economics and culture has been consistently challenged. To understand the current
state of affairs  it has become increasingly necessary to understand the conjuncture that rules
the production of value in economic systems  how money shapes social relations and affects
discursive practices. By discussing the vocabulary  by understanding the rhetoric and
interpreting the narratives  be it of crisis  austerity  growth  welfare  neo-liberalism or
socialism  new modes of imaging the economic system may be made possible. The book is
structured in four chapters dealing with theory and conjuncture (Philosophies of Money)  with
the visual arts and investment (The Arts and Finance)  with literary representation and
narrativity (Literature and Money Matters) and with the cognitive impact of fiduciary
representation (Cognitive Moneyscapes). This collection analyses the process whereby a material
icon invested with the symbolical power to rule social exchange becomes an explanatory
narrative determining the way societies produce meaning.

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