Spectacular speculation : thrills, the economy, and popular discourse / Urs Stäheli ; translated by Eric Savoth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stäheli, Urs, 1966-

Contributor:

Savoth, Eric.

Standardized Title:

Spektakuläre Spekulation. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speculation--United States--History.

Speculation.

Speculation--History.

Finance--Social aspects--United States--History.

Finance.

Finance--Social aspects--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Spectacular Speculation is a history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation from 1870 to 1930, when speculation began to assume enormous importance in popular culture. Informed by the work of Luhmann, Foucault, Simmel and Deleuze, it looks at how speculation was translated into popular knowledge and charts the discursive struggles of making speculation a legitimate economic practice. Noting that the vocabulary available to discuss the concept was not properly economic, the book reveals the underside of putting it into words. Speculation's success depended upon no

Contents:

Gambling and speculation : entertaining contingency?

The normalization of "wild contingency" : stabilizing the distinction between gambling and speculation

Charles Mackay : the spectacle of equality

Speculative vistas : crowds and speculation in the USA during the nineteenth century

Alone against the crowd : the communicative techniques of the contrarians

The eroticism of the market and the gender of speculation

The rhythm of the market.

Notes:

Translation of: Spektakuläre Spekulation : das Populäre der Ökonomie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804788250

0804788251

OCLC:

827208529