How are bodies and affects formed in liberal market societies? And conversely what roles do
affects and bodies play in the genesis and stabilization of and changes to market societies?
These are the questions examined by the authors in several insightful and theoretically
ambitious case studies. The collection aims to present new approaches from the History of
Emotions Affect Studies Actor-Network-Theory and other fields putting them to the test in
the analysis of capitalist societies. These investigations - by sociologists ethnologists and
historians - will tackle developments in the USA Europe and Australia from the 19th through to
the 21st Century. They will also - via their analyses of issues such as speculation industrial
production advertising and ethics - examine historical and contemporary phenomena shedding
light on emerging viewpoints on work consumption class and gender. Contributors:Fiona Allon
Peter-Paul Bänziger Franck Cochoy Christoph Conrad Alexander Engel Susan J. Matt Alexandra
Michel Anne Schmidt Thomas Welskopp
