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Book SynopsisKey thinkers with a range of perspectives provide a sociological analysis of debt focused upon its social, political, economic, and cultural meanings. Contributors consider the lived experience of debt and financialisation taking place globally with accounts that span sociological, cultural, and economic forms of analysis.
Trade Review"A sociological study of debt is long overdue, and this volume brilliantly builds on and surpasses earlier work in economic sociology, philosophy and political economy. Each contribution will appeal to readers with academic, political, or personal interests in the macro- and micro-political reframing of indebtedness." Thomas Kemple, University of British Columbia
Table of ContentsIntroduction: towards a sociology of debt ~ Mark Featherstone Debt, complexity and the sociological imagination ~ Lisa Adkins Debt drive and the imperative of growth ~ Ole Bjerg Memory, counter-memory and resistance: notes on the ‘Greek Debt Truth Commission’ ~ Joshua Bowsher ‘Deferred lives’: money, debt and the financialised futures of young temporary workers ~ Mark Davis and Laura Cartwright ‘Choose your moments’: discipline and speculation in the indebted everyday ~ Samuel Kirwan, Leila Dawney and Rosie Walker Digital subprime: tracking the credit trackers ~ Joe Deville Debt, usury and the ongoing crises of capitalism ~ Nicholas Gane The art of unpayable debts ~ Max Haiven Ecologies of indebtedness ~ Mark Featherstone
