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OverviewModern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how money and machines throughout history have been used to exploit less affluent parts of world society. The argument critically explores a middle ground between Marxist political ecology and Actor-Network Theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alf HornborgPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 3.698kg ISBN: 9781137567864ISBN 10: 1137567864 Pages: 201 Publication Date: 08 March 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. The Ecology of Things: Artifacts as Embodied Relations 2. Land, Energy, and Value in the Technocene 3. The Magic of Money 4. Empires, World-Systems, and Expanding Markets 5. Money as Fictive Energy: Unraveling the Relation between Economics and Physics 6. Agency, Ontology, and Global Magic 7. The Political Ecology of Technological Utopianism 8. Redesigning Money to Curb Globalization and Increase Resilience 9. Conclusions: Money, Technology, and MagicReviewsAuthor InformationAlf Hornborg is an anthropologist and Professor of Human Ecology at Lund University, Sweden. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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