Description
| Product ID: | 9781844676910 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Bonds of Debt |
| Subtitle: | Borrowing Against the Common Good |
| Authors: | Author: Richard Dienst |
| Page Count: | 200 |
| Subjects: | Poverty and precarity, Poverty & unemployment, Economic theory and philosophy, Economic and financial crises and disasters, Finance and the finance industry, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Finance |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Indebtedness as the universal condition of the contemporary world in the wake of the financial crisis. The credit crisis has pushed the whole world so far into the red that the gigantic sums involved defy understanding. On a human level, what does such an enormous degree of debt and insolvency mean? In this timely book, cultural critic Richard Dienst considers the financial crisis, global poverty, media politics and radical theory to parse the various implications of a world where man is born free but everywhere is in debt. Written with humor and verve, Bonds of Debt ranges across subjects—such as Obama’s national security strategy, the architecture of Prada stores, press photos of Bono, and a fairy tale told by Karl Marx—to capture a modern condition founded on fiscal imprudence. Moving beyond the dominant pieties and widespread anxieties surrounding the topic, Dienst re-conceives the world’s massive financial obligations as a social, economic, and political bond, where the crushing weight of objectified wealth comes face to face with new demands for equality and solidarity. For this inspired analysis, we are indebted to him. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-04-01 |
