Clickbait capitalism
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Clickbait capitalism

Economies of desire in the twenty-first century

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Clickbait capitalism

Economies of desire in the twenty-first century

About this book

The notion of 'clickbait' speaks to the intersection of money, technology, and desire, suggesting a cunning ruse to profit from unsavoury inclinations of one kind or another. Clickbait capitalism pursues the idea that the entire contemporary economy is just such a ruse; an elaborate exercise in psychological capture and release.Pushing beyond rationalist accounts of economic life, this volume puts psychoanalysis and political economy into conversation with the cutting edges of capitalist development. Perennial questions of death, sex, aggression, enjoyment, despair, hope, and revenge are followed onto the terrain of the contemporary, with chapters devoted to social media, online dating apps, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and meme stocks. The result is a unique and compelling portrait of the latest institutions to stage, channel, or reconfigure the psychic energies of political and economic life.

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Yes, you can access Clickbait capitalism by Amin Samman,Earl Gammon, Amin Samman, Earl Gammon in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Economics & Political Economy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781526168160
eBook ISBN
9781526168153
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Political Economy
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of contributors
  7. Preface
  8. Introduction: The desire called libidinal economy – Amin Samman
  9. 1 Narcissism, rage, avocado toast – Earl Gammon
  10. 2 Capital as death denial – Sandy Brian Hager
  11. 3 The eroticism of technology and finance – Noam Yuran
  12. 4 Digital paranoia in a post-truth world – Jernej Markelj
  13. 5 Social networks and serendipitous desire – Emily Rosamond
  14. 6 Desiring-infrastructures in the crypto economy – Ludovico Rella
  15. 7 Normative unconscious processes and US racial capitalism – Lynne Layton
  16. 8 Enjoying inequality – Japhy Wilson
  17. 9 Despair and hope among young Korean investors – Cheolung Choi
  18. 10 Financialising the eschaton – Amin Samman and Stefano Sgambati
  19. 11 Anxiety and self-sabotage in the neoliberal university – Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou and Max Haiven
  20. Conclusion: Click here to end capitalism – Amin Samman
  21. Index