Social Avalanche - Crowds, Cities and Financial Markets

Informationen zum Autor Christian Borch is professor of economic sociology and social theory at the Copenhagen Business School. He is author of several books, including the award-winning The Politics of Crowds: An Alternative History of Sociology (2012). Klappentext A compelling account of how crowd dynamics, or social avalanches, are central to cities and financial markets.A compelling account of how crowd dynamics, or social avalanches, are central to cities and financial markets. Just as urban inhabitants are prone to being caught up in the city's flux, the same dynamic can cause traders on financial exchanges and even the algorithms of present-day financial markets to be captured by the maelstrom of the market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; List of figures; 1. Introduction: reimagining collective life; 2. Fin-de-siècle landslides; 3. Tensional individuality; 4. Social avalanches; 5. Cities; 6. Financial markets; Conclusion; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Borch, Christian (Copenhagen Business School) Borch, Borch Christian, CHRISTIAN BORCH
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781108733632
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73363-2
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Soziale und politische Philosophie, Social Theory, Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy