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Writing the Economic Subject in Modern Western Europe

Representation, Contestation, Critique

Christine Künzel editor Aileen Behrendt editor Nicholas Courtman editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG

Published:18th Aug '21

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This book explores how capitalism shapes the formation of the economic subject in modern European writing. How are subject positions determined by the subject’s relationship to money and work? How fair is a society that predicates social inclusion upon employment? And what happens when full employment is impossible? The volume traces how literary authors and social theorists have answered these questions in different social and historical contexts from the nineteenth century to the present day. The contributions confront the imperatives of productivity, notions of success and failure, the construction of work cultures and environments, the (in)visibility of certain labour groups, and the implications of the body as a productive site.

ISBN: 9783631839997

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 362g

222 pages

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