Writing the economic subject in modern western Europe
- 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.
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3726/b18541 |
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| ISBN: | 978-3-631-83999-7 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-85753-3 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-85755-7 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-631-85754-0 |
| ISSN: | 2364-1304 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Literature, Culture, Economy |
| Title of parent work (German): | Literatur, Kultur, Ökonomie |
| Subtitle (English): | representation, contestation, critique |
| Publisher: | Lang |
| Place of publishing: | Berlin |
| Editor(s): | Aileen Jorena Behrendt, Nicholas Courtman |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2021 |
| Publication year: | 2021 |
| Release date: | 2022/11/15 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| Number of pages: | 219 |
| Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik |
| DDC classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
