Crime, Harm and Consumerism

ISBN-13: 9781138388628 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 180 str.

Steve Hall; Tereza Kuldova; Mark Horsley

Opis

This book offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on the relationship between crime, harm and consumer culture.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives  1. Consumer Culture and English History’s Lost Object  2. The Libertine: Criminal Luxury, the Sadean System, and Materialist Horror  3. The Commodification of Abstinence  Part 2. Contexts and Case Studies  4. Mass Indebtedness and the Luxury of Payment Means  5. Luxury Brands in the Wrong Hands: Of Harleys, Harm and Sovereignty  6. Substances: The Luxurious, the Sublime and the Harmful  7. Gambling and Harm in 24/7 Capitalism: Reflections from the Post-Disciplinary Present  8. Toxic Sovereignty: Understanding Fraud as the Expression of Special Liberty within Late-Capitalism  9. Spy vs Spy: The Surveillance State of Social Media  Index