Savage Economy

Author : Walter Wadiak
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780268101213

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Savage Economy by Walter Wadiak Pdf

In Savage Economy: The Returns of Middle English Romance, Walter Wadiak traces the evolution of the medieval English romance from its thirteenth-century origins to 1500, and from a genre that affirmed aristocratic identity to one that appealed more broadly to an array of late medieval communities. Essential to this literary evolution is the concept and practice of “noble” gift-giving, which binds together knights and commoners in ways that both echo and displace the notorious violence of many of these stories. Wadiak begins with the assumption that “romance” names a particular kind of chivalric fantasy to which violence is central, just as violence was instrumental to the formation and identity of the medieval warrior aristocracy. A traditional view is that the violence of romance stories is an expression of aristocratic privilege wielded by a military caste in its relations with one another as well as with those lower on the social scale. In this sense, violence is the aristocratic gift that underwrites and reaffirms the feudal power of a privileged group, with the noble gift performing the symbolic violence on which romance depends in order to present itself as both a coded threat and an expression of chivalric values. Well-known examples of romance in Middle English, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale, are considered alongside more “popular” examples of the genre to demonstrate a surprising continuity of function across a range of social contexts. Wadiak charts a trajectory from violence aimed directly at securing feudal domination to the subtler and more diffuse modes of coercion that later English romances explore. Ultimately, this is a book about the ways in which romance lives on as an idea, even as the genre itself begins to lose ground at the close of the Middle Ages.

Author : David L. Blaney,Naeem Inayatullah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135265045

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Savage Economics by David L. Blaney,Naeem Inayatullah Pdf

Challenges the powerful and pervasive ideas concerning political economy, international relations, and ethics in the modern world. This title provides a fundamental cultural critique of political economy and critically describes the nature of the mainstream understanding of economics.

Author : David L. Blaney,Naeem Inayatullah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135265038

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Savage Economics by David L. Blaney,Naeem Inayatullah Pdf

This innovative book challenges the most powerful and pervasive ideas concerning political economy, international relations, and ethics in the modern world. Rereading classical authors including Adam Smith, James Steuart, Adam Ferguson, Hegel, and Marx, it provides a systematic and fundamental cultural critique of political economy and critically describes the nature of the mainstream understanding of economics. Blaney and Inayatullah construct a powerful argument about how political economy and the capitalist market economy should be understood, demonstrating that poverty is a product of capitalism itself. They address the questions: Is wealth for some bought at the cost of impoverishing, colonizing, or eradicating others? What benefits of wealth might justify these human costs? What do we gain and lose by endorsing a system of wealth creation? Do even "savage cultures" contain values, critiques, and ways of life that the West still needs? Opening the way for radically different policies addressing poverty and demanding a rethink of the connections between political economy and international relations, this thought-provoking book is vital reading for students and scholars of politics, economics, IPE and international relations.

Author : Tamara T. Chin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684170784

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Savage Exchange by Tamara T. Chin Pdf

Savage Exchange explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance (“Silk Road”) markets. Tamara T. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. To promote a radically quantitative approach to the market, some thinkers developed innovative forms of fiction and genre. In opposition, traditionalists reasserted the authority of classical texts and advocated a return to the historical, ethics-centered, marriage-based, agricultural economy that these texts described. The discussion of frontiers and markets thus became part of a larger debate over the relationship between the world and the written word. These Han debates helped to shape the ways in which we now define and appreciate early Chinese literature and produced the foundational texts of Chinese economic thought. Each chapter in the book examines a key genre or symbolic practice (philosophy, fu-rhapsody, historiography, money, kinship) through which different groups sought to reshape the political economy. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, Chin elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought. Co-Winner, 2016 Harry Levin Prize, American Comparative Literature Association; Honorable Mention, 2016 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies

Author : Cătălin Avramescu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400833207

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An Intellectual History of Cannibalism by Cătălin Avramescu Pdf

The cannibal has played a surprisingly important role in the history of thought--perhaps the ultimate symbol of savagery and degradation-- haunting the Western imagination since before the Age of Discovery, when Europeans first encountered genuine cannibals and related horrible stories of shipwrecked travelers eating each other. An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the first book to systematically examine the role of the cannibal in the arguments of philosophers, from the classical period to modern disputes about such wide-ranging issues as vegetarianism and the right to private property. Catalin Avramescu shows how the cannibal is, before anything else, a theoretical creature, one whose fate sheds light on the decline of theories of natural law, the emergence of modernity, and contemporary notions about good and evil. This provocative history of ideas traces the cannibal's appearance throughout Western thought, first as a creature springing from the menagerie of natural law, later as a diabolical retort to theological dogmas about the resurrection of the body, and finally to present-day social, ethical, and political debates in which the cannibal is viewed through the lens of anthropology or invoked in the service of moral relativism. Ultimately, An Intellectual History of Cannibalism is the story of the birth of modernity and of the philosophies of culture that arose in the wake of the Enlightenment. It is a book that lays bare the darker fears and impulses that course through the Western intellectual tradition.

Author : Jochen Runde,Sohei Mizuhara
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415281539

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The Philosophy of Keynes's Economics by Jochen Runde,Sohei Mizuhara Pdf

John Maynard Keynes is undoubtedly the most influential Western economist of the twentieth century. His emphasis on the nature and role of uncertainty in economic thought is a dominant theme in his writings. This book brings together a wide array of experts on Keynes' thought such as Gay Tulip Meeks, Sheila Dow and John Davis who discuss, analyse and criticise such themes as Keynesian probability and uncertainty, the foundations of Keynes' economics and the relationship between Keynes' earlier and later thought. The Philosophy of Keynes' Economics is a readable and comprehensive book that will interest students and academics interested in the man and his thought.

Author : Derek Attridge,Daniel Ferrer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1985-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052131979X

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Post-Structuralist Joyce by Derek Attridge,Daniel Ferrer Pdf

This volume is devoted to translations of some of the most significant criticism of James Joyce to have appeared in French journals over the last twenty, years. Joyce has been a great stimulus for new modes of theoretical and critical inquiry in France, which have in turn exerted a profound influence on the intellectual climate both in the UK and in North America. In their shared preoccupations with the mechanisms of textuality and the implications thereof for the writing-and-reading subject, all the contributors to this volume, who include Hélène Cixous, Jacques Aubert, JeanMichel Rabaté, André Topia and Jacques Derrida, form part of the movement away from the structuralism that dominated intellectual discussion in the 1960s to what is now called (though not in France itself), 'post-structuralism'.

Author : Terry Savage
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119645306

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The Savage Truth on Money by Terry Savage Pdf

Smart strategies for taking control of your money from bestselling author and personal finance expert Terry Savage—the new, fully updated third edition. The Savage Truths on Money are time-tested, but new technologies and techniques make it easier and more profitable to make your money work for you! Now, financial success can be achieved simply and automatically through new apps, tools, and access to low-cost money management tools and advice. Living in financial security—not constantly worrying about education costs, medical bills, or having enough money saved for retirement—is within anyone’s reach. In this new edition of The Savage Truth on Money, author Terry Savage shares the time-tested truths of financial security, guides you on redirecting your finances, and helps you create a financial plan for your future—using all the resources of technology, the best people in the financial planning industry, and your own informed judgment. This must-have resource is a roadmap for navigating today’s economic reality on the way to your best possible financial future. This invaluable guide will help you: Take responsibility for your own financial future, using technology to improve your financial decision-making Control your spending and deal with debt, protect your assets, and grow your savings Learn the basic truths about money, markets, and human emotions—and how to use that knowledge to your advantage Find financial advisors you can trust—fiduciaries who will put your interests first, and save you money on costs Make a realistic plan for college without being buried in debt—and deal with existing student loans Create—and reach—retirement goals that allow you to enjoy your financial success Whether you're just starting out and unsure of your next steps, or you’re worried about how you'll manage your investments and plan your retirement, the third edition of The Savage Truth on Money is your one-stop guide for taking control of your finances today and reaping the benefits tomorrow.

Author : C.A. Gregory
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135299408

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Savage Money by C.A. Gregory Pdf

This volume is not simply another general theory of world system. It is a theoretically and ethnographically informed collection of essays which opens up new questions through an examination of concrete cases, covering global and local questions of political economy.

Author : Lisa Adkins,Melinda Cooper,Martijn Konings
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781509544226

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The Asset Economy by Lisa Adkins,Melinda Cooper,Martijn Konings Pdf

Rising inequality is the defining feature of our age. With the lion’s share of wealth growth going to the top, for a growing percentage of society a middle-class existence is out of reach. What exactly are the economic shifts that have driven the social transformations taking place in Anglo-capitalist societies? In this timely book, Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper and Martijn Konings argue that the rise of the asset economy has produced a new logic of inequality. Several decades of property inflation have seen asset ownership overshadow employment as a determinant of class position. Exploring the impact of generational dynamics in this new class landscape, the book advances an original perspective on a range of phenomena that are widely debated but poorly understood – including the growth of wealth inequalities and precarity, the dynamics of urban property inflation, changes in fiscal and monetary policy and the predicament of the “millennial” generation. Despite widespread awareness of the harmful effects of Quantitative Easing and similar asset-supporting measures, we appear to have entered an era of policy “lock-in” that is responsible for a growing disconnect between popular expectations and institutional priorities. The resulting polarization underlies many of the volatile dynamics and rapidly shifting alliances that dominate today’s headlines.

Author : Pierre Garrouste,Stavros Ioannides,European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1781950229

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Evolution and Path Dependence in Economic Ideas by Pierre Garrouste,Stavros Ioannides,European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Pdf

Since the 1980s there has been a renewed interest in attempts to introduce a sense of history into economic literature. In this text, the authors argue that it is not possible to explain a state of the world without first analyzing the processes that lead to that state.

Author : Alan Armstrong
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0851155820

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The Economy of Kent, 1640-1914 by Alan Armstrong Pdf

Studies of Kent's economic history confirm the industrial revolution to have been less cataclysmic and more widespread then formerly accepted.

Author : John Milton Gregory
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015063934064

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A New Political Economy by John Milton Gregory Pdf

Author : David Block
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781474281454

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Political Economy and Sociolinguistics by David Block Pdf

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2019 This book explores how political economy intersects with sociolinguistics, specifically how neoliberalism, inequality and social class mediate language in society issues. After the preface, in which the author sets the scene for the content of the book, Chapter 1 is an extensive, though selective, review of sociolinguistics research which has been framed as political economic in orientation. The chapter concludes that such research generally contains little in the way of thorough and in-depth coverage of the key ideas and conceptual frameworks said to undergird it. With this consideration in mind, Chapters 2, 3 and 4 are organised around in-depth discussions of, respectively, political economy as a general disciplinary frame; neoliberalism as the variegated variety of capitalism dominant in the world today; and stratification, inequality and social class, as phenomena intrinsic to capitalism, which in the neoliberal era have come to the fore as key issues. Drawing directly on the background provide in Chapters 2-4, Chapters 5 and 6 explore two distinct political economy-informed lines of research, on the one hand, the 'neoliberal citizen', and on the other hand, 'discursive class warfare'. The book ends with an epilogue addressing issues arising around political economy in sociolinguistics.

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3991 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429658129

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Routledge Library Editions: Labour Economics by Various Pdf

The 13 volumes in this set, originally published between 1920 and 1991, draw together research by leading academics in the area of labour economics and provides a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volumes examine housing and labour markets, labour supply, and labour migration. This set will be of particular interest to students of Economics and Business Studies.