Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times : The Psychic Life of Contemporary Capitalism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gook, Ben, author.

Contributor:

Gook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Capitalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume explores the concept of 'libidinal economy' as a framework for understanding the interplay between desire, trauma, and socio-economic crises in contemporary capitalist societies. Edited by Ben Gook, the book brings together interdisciplinary essays examining the psychic and collective dimensions of crises such as the 2008 global financial collapse, the COVID-19 pandemic, and political instability. Contributors draw on psychoanalysis, cultural theory, and philosophy to analyze how libidinal investments shape and are shaped by systemic failures, including economic inequality, political disaffection, and environmental degradation. The work reflects on the historical and ongoing relevance of theories by Freud, Lacan, and others in addressing mass psychology and the politics of desire. Designed for scholars and students in cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and critical theory, the book provides insights into the psychosocial underpinnings of 21st-century crises. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Libido, Economy, Crisis

The libidinal as an expanded field

Intensified zones of attachment: desires and drives

Libido, in this economy

Crises in / of libido

References

Axioms of Libidinal Economy

“Out of Your System”: After Lyotard’s Libidinal Set‐Ups

1968: “March 23”

Globalisation: “Deluge Warning”

“The system” and the question of terror: “Survivor”

Negative Solidarity: The Affective Economy in Neoliberalism’s Decline

Affective economy: A definition

Negative solidarity

Affective economy/mythic economy

The Antisociality of Capitalism (Some Preliminary Reflections)

Marx, Freud, and the antisocial

Ressentimental economy

From Bentham to Sade

Becoming a Master of an Island Again: On the Desire to be Bodiless

Bodies and fantasies

Fiction: The mariner of York

Fiction: An individual as homo economicus, as homo politicus

Robinson’s body and the fantasies of bodilessness Generated by AI.

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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ISBN:

9783839456859

3839456851

OCLC:

1482823957