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Book SynopsisAesthetic Capitalism debates the social aesthetics of contemporary economic processes. The book connects modern cultural dynamics with the workings of contemporary capitalism. It explores art and the new spirit of capitalism; visual culture and the experience economy; aesthetics and organisations; the art of fiscal management; capitalism without myth; and architecture in the age of aesthetic capitalism. Contributors include: Peter Murphy, Eduardo de la Fuente, Antonio Strati, Ken Friedman, Dominique Bouchet, Anders Michelsen, David Roberts, Carlo Tognato
Table of ContentsIntroduction de la Fuente and Murphy Chapter One: From the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism to the Creative Economy: Reflections on the New Spirit of Art and Capitalism David Roberts Chapter Two: The Artefacts of Capitalism and the Objecthood of their Aesthetics Vrasidas Karalis Chapter Three: The Aesthetic Spirit of Modern Capitalism Peter Murphy Chapter Four: The Visual Experience Economy: What Kind of Economics?On the Topologies of Aesthetic Capitalism Anders Michelsen Chapter Five: Aesthetic Capital: Hermeneutic Speculation, Economic Themes, and the Dismal Science Ken Friedman Chapter Six: The Social Negotiation of Aesthetics and Organisational Democracy Antonio Strati Chapter Seven: Neo-Modernism: Architecture in the Age of Aesthetic Capitalism Eduardo de la Fuente Chapter Eight: The Aesthetics of Fiscal Consolidation Carlo Tognato Chapter Nine: The Innovative Role of Art in the Time of the Absence of Myth Dominique Bouchet
