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Banking on Words
Arjun Appadurai
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; KFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 302.
In this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008-while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking-was, ultimately, a failure of language. To prove this sophisticated point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which has become the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for the collapse and all our subsequent woes. With incisive argumentation, he analyzes this challengingly technical world, drawing on thinkers such as J. L. Austin, Marcel Mauss, and Max Weber as ... Read more
In this provocative look at one of the most important events of our time, renowned scholar Arjun Appadurai argues that the economic collapse of 2008-while indeed spurred on by greed, ignorance, weak regulation, and irresponsible risk-taking-was, ultimately, a failure of language. To prove this sophisticated point, he takes us into the world of derivative finance, which has become the core of contemporary trading and the primary target of blame for the collapse and all our subsequent woes. With incisive argumentation, he analyzes this challengingly technical world, drawing on thinkers such as J. L. Austin, Marcel Mauss, and Max Weber as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
297g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226318776
SKU
V9780226318776
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About Arjun Appadurai
Arjun Appadurai is the Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University and a senior fellow of the Institute of Public Knowledge. A Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is the author of editor of numerous books, including The Social Life of Things, Modernity at Large, Fear of Small Numbers, and The Future ... Read more
Reviews for Banking on Words
Appadurai has a knack for synthesizing and sparking conversations.
American Anthropologist In Banking on Words, Arjun Appadurai sets out his understanding of how anthropology can help analyze the ever-growing importance of the global financial market as an economic system and cultural field... it is a collection of theoretical elaborations that aim to give a genuinely anthropological interpretation of derivatives and ... Read more
American Anthropologist In Banking on Words, Arjun Appadurai sets out his understanding of how anthropology can help analyze the ever-growing importance of the global financial market as an economic system and cultural field... it is a collection of theoretical elaborations that aim to give a genuinely anthropological interpretation of derivatives and ... Read more