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OverviewWill our addiction to profit destroy the world we live in? The profit motive now exercises an effective tyranny over our lives: in the private as well as the public sector, nowhere seems immune from its reach. International tycoons, economists and politicians are obsessed with economic growth. Yet, as Stuart Sim shows, the pursuit of excessive profit brought the world to the brink of economic chaos in the recent credit crisis and threatens us with environmental disaster as well. Despite this, neoliberalism still sets the agenda for economic policy in the West. Sim suggests various 'act up' strategies so that we might resist becoming slaves to personal gain and, in doing so, he demonstrates that life needn't be all about profit. Full Product DetailsAuthor: SimPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9780748646715ISBN 10: 074864671 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 30 April 2012 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 ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Introduction: It's All About Profit; 2. The Tyranny of Profit: Confronting an Addiction and a Fetish; 3. 'What Shall It Profit a Man?': Profitless Activities; 4. Life Before Profit, Life Minus Profit; 5. Profit in the Genes?; 6. Neoliberalism, Financial Crisis, and Profit; 7. Global Warming and Profit; 8. Healthcare and Profit; 9. Education and Profit: The World of Pay-as-You-Learn; 10. The Arts, the Media Industries and Profit; 11. Conclusion: It Needn't All Be About Profit; Notes; Bibliography; Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationStuart Sim is Professor of Critical Theory and Long Eighteenth-Century English Literature in the Dept. of English & Creative Writing, Northumbria University. The author or editor of 31 books, his work has been translated into 17 languages. He was elected a Fellow of the English Association in 2002. Amongst his recent publications are The End of Modernity, and The Lyotard Dictionary (both EUP). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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