Todd May

Friendship in an Age of Economics (eBook, ePUB)

Resisting the Forces of Neoliberalism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

We live in an age of economics. We are encouraged not only to think of our work but also of our lives in economic terms. In many of our practices, we are told that we are consumers and entrepreneurs. What has come to be called neoliberalism is not only a theory of market relations; it is a theory of human relations. Friendship in an Age of Economics both describes and confronts this new reality. It confronts it on some familiar terrain: that of friendship. Friendship, particularly close or deep friendship, resists categorization into economic terms. In a sustained investigation of friendship, this book shows how friendship offers an alternative to neoliberal relationships and can help lay the groundwork for resistance to it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739175828
• Artikelnr.: 40286840

Autorenporträt

Todd May is Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities at Clemson University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Neoliberalism
Chapter 2: Figures
Chapter 3: The Figures of Neoliberalism
Chapter 4: Varieties of Friendship
Chapter 5: Deep Friendships
Appendix to Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Friendship as Alternative to Neoliberalism
Chapter 7: Friendship as Resistance to Neoliberalism
Chapter 8: Conclusion