Spectacular Speculation : Thrills, the Economy, and Popular Discourse
ISBN: 9780804771313 | 0804771316
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Stanford Univ Pr
Pub. Date: 2/20/2013
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A history and sociological analysis of the semantics of speculation between 1870 and 1930, this book looks at how speculation was represented in popular discourse and analyzes the discursive struggles turning it into a legitimate economic practice.
Spectacular Speculationis 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 specul... MORE
Spectacular Speculationis 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 specul... MORE
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