Debt: Ethics, the Environment, and the Economy
Peter Y. Paik
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Description for Debt: Ethics, the Environment, and the Economy
Hardback. Explores the concept of indebtedness in its various senses and from a wide range of perspectives Editor(s): Paik, Peter Y.; Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. Series: 21st Century Studies. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCS; KJG; RNPG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
From personal finance and consumer spending to ballooning national expenditures on warfare and social welfare, debt is fundamental to the dynamics of global capitalism. The contributors to this volume explore the concept of indebtedness in its various senses and from a wide range of perspectives. They observe that many views of ethics, citizenship, and governance are based on a conception of debts owed by one individual to others; that artistic and literary creativity involves the artist's dialogue with the works of the past; and that the specter of catastrophic climate change has underscored the debt those living in the present ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
Series
21st Century Studies
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253009265
SKU
V9780253009265
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About Peter Y. Paik
Peter Y. Paik is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is author of From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe and editor (with Marcus Bullock) of Aftermaths: Exile, Migration, and Diaspora Reconsidered. Merry Wiesner-Hanks is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her books include The Renaissance and ... Read more
Reviews for Debt: Ethics, the Environment, and the Economy
This edited collection adds a welcome range of new perspectives on what has become a central issue for contemporary debate. One strength of the collection is the way in which it draws together research from a very diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds, meaning that even a reader who considers themselves to be an expert in this topic within a particular ... Read more