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1 online resource (viii, 196 pages) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Naked Economy -- The Stupid ID -- The Postmodern Spirit -- Immaterial Capitalism -- End-Capitalism -- Conclusion -- 3. Naked Enterprise -- Enterprise -- Ethics -- Enjoyment -- Conclusion -- 4. Naked Ethics -- Ethics -- Enterprise -- Enjoyment -- Conclusion. |
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5. Naked Enjoyment -- Enjoyment -- Enterprise -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- 6. Naked Ecology -- You Can't Stop the Dancing Chicken -- Carbon Zero -- (M)Other Earth -- The Elephant in the Room -- Earth Second! -- Conclusion -- 7. Conclusion. |
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. |
Subject |
Capitalism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Capitalism
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Academic Library |
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Print version: Cremin, Colin. Capitalism's new clothes. [S.l.] : Pluto Press, 2011 0745328148 (OCoLC)694147400 |
ISBN |
9781849645898 (electronic bk.) |
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1849645892 (electronic bk.) |
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0745328148 |
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9780745328140 |
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0745328156 |
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9780745328157 |
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AU@ 000051430609 |
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DEBBG BV043073218 |
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DEBBG BV044110192 |
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DEBSZ 421599618 |
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DEBSZ 449760839 |
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GBVCP 100367576X |
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