Capitalism's new clothes : enterprise, ethics and enjoyment in times of crisis / Colin Cremin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cremin, Ciara.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From broadsheet newspapers to television shows and Hollywood films, capitalism is increasingly recognised as a system detrimental to human existence. Colin Cremin investigates why, despite this de-robing, capitalism remains a powerful and seductive force.Using materialist, psychoanalytic and linguistic approaches, Cremin shows how capitalism, anxiety and desire enter into a mutually supporting relationship. He identifies three ways in which we are tied in to capitalism - through a social imperative for enterprise and competition; through enjoyment and consumption; and through the depoliticisation of ethical debate by government and business. Capitalism's New Clothes is ideal for students of sociology and for anyone worried about the ethics of capitalism or embarrassed by the enjoyments the system has afforded them.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Naked economy

The Stupid ID

The Postmodern Spirit

Immaterial Capitalism

End-Capitalism

Conclusion

3. Naked enterprise

Enterprise

Ethics

Enjoyment

4. Naked ethics

5. Naked enjoyment

6. Naked ecology

You Can't Stop the Dancing Chicken

Carbon Zero

(M)Other Earth

The Elephant in the Room

Earth Second!

7. Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

ISBN:

9781783716807

1783716800

9781849645898

1849645892

OCLC:

742580822

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access