Samman / Unknown / Gammon Clickbait capitalism

Economies of desire in the twenty-first century
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5261-6817-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Clickbait capitalism engages the contemporary digital economy as a site of psychological capture and release. Drawing on psychoanalysis and political economy, the book provides vital new insights into the politics of desire associated with social media, dating apps, cryptocurrencies, and meme stocks.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Samman, Amin

Gammon, Earl

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction: The desire called libidinal economy – Amin Samman
1 Narcissism, rage, avocado toast – Earl Gammon
2 Capital as death denial – Sandy Brian Hager
3 The eroticism of technology and finance – Noam Yuran
4 Digital paranoia in a post-truth world – Jernej Markelj
5 Social networks and serendipitous desire – Emily Rosamond
6 Desiring-infrastructures in the crypto economy – Ludovico Rella
7 Normative unconscious processes and US racial capitalism – Lynne Layton
8 Enjoying inequality – Japhy Wilson
9 Despair and hope among young Korean investors – Cheolung Choi
10 Financialising the eschaton – Amin Samman and Stefano Sgambati
11 Anxiety and self-sabotage in the neoliberal university – Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou and Max Haiven
Conclusion: Click here to end capitalism – Amin Samman

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Amin Samman is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at City, University of London

Earl Gammon is Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex