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Critical theorists of economy tend to understand the history of market society as a succession of distinct stages. This vision of history rests on a chronological conception of time whereby each pr...
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Critical theorists of economy tend to understand the history of market society as a succession of distinct stages. This vision of history rests on a chronological conception of time whereby each present slips into the past so that a future might take its place. This book argues that the linear mode of thinking misses something crucial about the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Rather than each present leaving a set past behind it, the past continually circulates through and shapes the present, such that historical change emerges through a shifting panorama of historical associations, names, and dates. The result is a strange feedback loop between now and then, real and imaginary. Demonstrating how this idea can give us a better purchase on financial capitalism in the post-crisis era, History in Financial Times traces the diverse modes of history production at work in the spheres of financial journalism, policymaking, and popular culture. Paying particular attention to narrative and to notions of crisis, recurrence, and revelation, Amin Samman gives us a novel take on the relation between historical thinking and critique.

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Price: $28.00
Pages: 232
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Imprint: Stanford University Press
Series: Currencies: New Thinking for Financial Times
Publication Date: 21 May 2019
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781503609457
Format: Paperback
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"In History in Financial Times, Amin Samman brilliantly exposes the intricate workings of the historical imagination in our present financialized times. Effortlessly weaving together political economy, philosophy, historiography, and cultural studies, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding financial life today."—Jacqueline Best, University of Ottawa
Amin Samman is a Lecturer in International Politics at City, University of London.
Introduction: "We Live in Financial Times"
1. Crisis Thinking
2. Historical Imagination
3. Return and Recurrence
4. Repetition and Revelation
5. Names of History
Afterword: Exits to the Future