Dark Side of Prosperity
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Author_Mark Horsley
Capital Circulation
capitalisms
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CCCS
consumer
Consumer Borrowing
Consumer Credit
Consumer Finance Industry
Consumer Indebtedness
consumer motivation
contemporary philosophy
credit
Credit Industry
critical social theory
culture
debt
Debt Relief Order
Enjoyment Society
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Federal Reserve
financialisation
Good Life
indebted
Industrial Citizenship
late
Late Modern Britain
LMI Household
outstanding
Outstanding Consumer Credit
Outstanding Consumer Debt
personal
post-Fordist Accumulation Regime
Profitable Investment Opportunities
qualitative interviews
Reflexive Subjectivity
social exclusion
society
sociology of personal debt
State Finance Nexus
Symbolic Efficiency
Symbolic Prohibitions
UK Financial Service Sector
UK Population
UK Tax
Product details
- ISBN 9780367599508
- Weight: 380g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book offers a critical analysis of consumer credit markets and the growth of outstanding debt, presenting in-depth interview material to explore the phenomenon of mass indebtedness through the life trajectories of self-identified debtors struggling with the pressures of owing money. A rich and original qualitative study of the close relationship between financial capitalism, consumer aspirations, social exclusion and the proliferation of personal indebtedness, The Dark Side of Prosperity examines questions of social identity, subjectivity and consumer motivation in close connection with the socio-cultural ideals of an ’enjoyment society’ that binds the value of the lives of individuals to the endless acquisition and disposal of pecuniary resources and lifestyle symbols. Critically engaging with the work of Giddens, Beck and Bauman, this volume draws on the thought of contemporary philosophers including Zizek, Badiou and Rancière to consider the possibility that the expansion of outstanding consumer credit, despite its many consequences, may be integral to the construction of social identity in a radically indeterminate and increasingly divided society. A ground-breaking work of critical social research this book will appeal to scholars of social theory, contemporary philosophy and political and economic sociology, as well as those with interests in consumer credit and cultures of indebtedness.
Mark Horsley lectures in the Department of Law and Social Science at the University of Cumbria, UK.
