Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times - The Psychic Life of Contemporary Capitalism

What is a libidinal economy? How are we psychically hooked into the circuits of the capitalist economy? The contributors to this book question the relevance of a concept that began reappearing in critiques and analyses of capitalist societies since the financial crisis of 2007. The chapters stretch from its philosophical pre-history - including Marx, Spinoza, Cavendish and Ibn Sina - to the term's introduction with Freud and on, via Lyotard, to how online platforms put our psyches to work. Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times is a collection of essays by leading scholars about the connections among economies, pleasures, and desires.

About the author

Ben Gook (Dr.) is a senior lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on negative affects, psychoanalysis, social and cultural theory, as well as contemporary film.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ben Gook (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9783837656855
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-5685-5
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 30 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: 1 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Edition Kulturwissenschaft
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Soziologie, Philosophie, Psychoanalysis, Culture, Cultural Studies, Economy, Cultural Theory, Capitalism, Philosophy of Culture, Desire, Sexuality, Critical Theory, Neoliberalism, auseinandersetzen