{"product_id":"the-social-life-of-financial-derivatives-9780822369561","title":"The Social Life of Financial Derivatives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on ethnographic fieldwork and his experience trading derivatives, Edward LiPuma theorizes the profound social dimensions of derivatives markets and the processes, rituals, mentalities, and belief systems that drive them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] concise and unique point of view of the role of derivatives and their potential negative impact on our society.... LiPuma provides a necessary and important look at the obscure but consequential role of financial derivatives in the global economy.Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals.\" -- R. M. Ramazani * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"Extremely interesting in terms of opening new windows to the financial landscape.\" -- Ehsan Lor Afshar * Anthropology Book Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Prefacing a Theory of the Derivative  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Originating the Derivative  27\u003cbr\u003e 2. Social Theory and the Market for the Production of Financial Knowledge  81\u003cbr\u003e 3. Outline of a Social Theory of Finance  116\u003cbr\u003e 4. Temporality and the Financial Markets  144\u003cbr\u003e 5. Theorizing the Financial Markets Socially  170\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rituality and the Production of Financial Markets  199\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Specualtive Ethos  229\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Social Habitus of Financial Work  267\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Social Dimensions of Black-Scholes  304\u003cbr\u003e 10. Derivatives and Wealth  336\u003cbr\u003e Notes  355\u003cbr\u003e References  389\u003cbr\u003e Index  399","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406106272087,"sku":"9780822369561","price":94.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822369561.jpg?v=1730494550","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-social-life-of-financial-derivatives-9780822369561","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}