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Book SynopsisLife and Money uncovers the contentious history of the boundary between economy and politics in liberalism. Bringing economics into conversation with political theory, cultural economy, postcolonial thought, and history, Ute Tellmann gives a radically novel interpretation of scarcity and money in terms of materiality, temporality, and affect.
Trade ReviewA fascinating and intricately argued study that redescribes significant moments in the development of economics not just as 'discoveries' but as moments in which the very nature of the economic and the political is reconstituted. -- Stephen J. Collier, The New School A sharp and important book that provides a rich account of the constitution of 'the economic' as a foundational domain. It is such a tour de force in its treatment of Keynes that it belongs alongside Moggridge or Skidelsky. -- Bill Maurer, University of California, Irvine
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Economic and the Genealogy of Liberalism Part I. Life 1. The Invention of Economic Necessity 2. Savage Life, Scarcity, and the Economic 3. The Right to Live: Economic Man, His Wife, and His Fears Part II. Money 4. The Return of the Political and the Cultural Critique of Economy 5. The Economic Unbound: Material Temporalities of Money 6. The Archipolitics of Macroeconomics Epilogue: Critical Effects Notes Bibliography Index
