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OverviewThis book is about disconnection. Disconnection gives vision to the City of London as an insulated social arena that, despite creating vast wealth and being the vanguard of the UK's aspirational future, has made objects out of you and me. Building on Foucault's teachings on finance and the ideological force of market competition, this ground-breaking book gives shape and form to how financial markets are sustained, managed and performed, and how they emerge and solidify within the shared cultural imagination and system of knowledge as a single, smooth, frictionless and coherent idea. Tracing the impacts of financialisation on those who enact its harmful logic, the author delves into the spatial disconnection that separates the City from the rest of London and the UK; the ontological disconnection that erects a demarcated boundary of expected outcomes, aspirations and practices; and the social disconnection experienced by finance workers who elevate themselves through a marker of perceived difference and ability. Through emerging narratives and ethnographic encounters, Simpson explores the practical and cognitive relations that underpin the performance of finance as a moral endeavour and analyses what it means to live and work within this extractive industry. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alex Simpson (Macquarie University, Australia)Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.353kg ISBN: 9781839094958ISBN 10: 1839094958 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 28 October 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational 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 ContentsChapter 1. Welcome to the City Chapter 2. The Origins and Development of the City of London Chapter 3. A Spatial Topography of Dominance Chapter 4. The Boundaries of Finance Chapter 5. Identity, Resilience and the Trial of Competition Chapter 6. Performance and the Limits of Finance Work Chapter 7. ‘All that is Solid Melts into Air’ Chapter 8. The Coherence of FinanceReviewsAuthor InformationAlex Simpson is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Macquarie University, Australia. His research brings together inter-related themes of class, gender, embodiment and organisational practice to examine the embedded, and often hidden, cultures of finance. Alex's work has been published in leading academic journals, including Sociology, Cities and Work, Employment & Society. His ethnographic study of class-based experiences of dirt and dirty work was awarded the 2018 SAGE Prize for Innovation and Excellence. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |