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Fabian Muniesa - The Provoked Economy: Economic Reality and the Performative Turn (CRESC) - 9781138961807 - V9781138961807
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The Provoked Economy: Economic Reality and the Performative Turn (CRESC)

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Description for The Provoked Economy: Economic Reality and the Performative Turn (CRESC) paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JHB; KCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.

Do things such as performance indicators, valuation formulas, consumer tests, stock prices or financial contracts represent an external reality? Or do they rather constitute, in a performative fashion, what they refer to?

The Provoked Economy tackles this question from a pragmatist angle, considering economic reality as a ceaselessly provoked reality. It takes the reader through a series of diverse empirical sites – from public administrations to stock exchanges, from investment banks to marketing facilities and business schools – in order to explore what can be seen from such a demanding standpoint. It demonstrates that descriptions of economic objects do actually ... Read more

This book opens paths for empirical investigation in the social sciences, but also for the philosophical renewal of the critique of economic reality. It will be useful for students and scholars in social theory, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and economics.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781138961807
SKU
V9781138961807
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Fabian Muniesa
Fabian Muniesa is a researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, École des Mines de Paris. He looks at calculation, valuation and organization from a pragmatist standpoint, with a focus on the problems of business pedagogy, managerial performance, financial innovation and economic reasoning.

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