Mammonist Capitalism – Ubiquity, Immanence, Acceleration. And the Social Consequences
Författare
Summary, in English
This essay attempts at a general understanding of contemporary capitalism and some of its social and mental consequences. It works through combinations and variations of concepts from classical and contemporary social theory. Some key concepts are Mammonism, acceleration, ubiquity, self-dynamics, precariat, inertia, conformity, flexibility, specter of uselessness. The text refers to classical modern thinkers like Marx, Simmel, Musil, Benjamin, and to contemporary ideas in the works of Deleuze, Rosa, Crouch, Illouz, Standing, Hochschild. It is summoned up by asking some important, complex questions that regard democracy, community and autonomy.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Volym
8
Issue
2
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
The University of Akureyri
Ämne
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Nyckelord
- Capitalism
- Mammonism
- acceleration
- ubiquity
- social consequences
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1670-6242