Knowing Capitalism

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INCISBN: 9781412900591

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By Nigel Thrift
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Nigel Thrift is a Visiting Professor in Oxford and Tsinghua Universities. He was previously Executive Director of Schwarzman Scholars, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Warwick and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Oxford University.

Adventures of Capitalism The Cultural Circuit of Capitalism PART ONE: THE CULTURAL CIRCUIT OF CAPITALISM The Rise of Soft Capitalism The Place of Complexity Virtual Capitalism The Globalization of Reflexive Business Knowledge Cultures on the Brink - with Kris Olds Re-Engineering the Soul of Capitalism on a Global Scale PART TWO: THE NEW ECONOMY 'It's the Romance, Not the Finance, that Makes the Business Worth Pursuing' Disclosing a New Market Culture Performing Cultures in the New Economy The Automatic Production of Space - with Shaun French Closer to the Machine? Intelligent Environments, New Forms of Possession and the Rise of the Supertoy Electric Animals New Models of Everyday Life? Remembering the Technological Unconscious by Foregrounding Knowledges of Postition

"Nigel Thrift offers us the sort of cultural analysis of global capitalism that has long been needed - one that emphasizes the innovative energy of global capitalism. The book avoids stale denouncements and offers instead a view of capitalism as a form of practice' - Karin Knorr Cetina, Professor of Sociology, University of Konstanz, Germany

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