The split economy: Saint Paul goes to Wall Street
Part 1: Ontology, Subject in General: A Theory of Cracks -- Sickness unto Excess -- Saint Paul's Notion of Split Subjectivity -- The Split Economy -- Part II: Particular Subject: Logic of the World of Finance -- The Fantasy of Harmony -- The Ethical Form of Finance -- Part III: Singular-Plural...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY series in theology and continental thought
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianity and Society |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Christian social ethics B Capitalism Philosophy B Capitalism Moral and ethical aspects B Capitalism ; Philosophy B Economics ; Religious aspects ; Christianity B Economics Religious aspects Christianity B Economic philosophy B Capitalism |
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Table of Contents |
| Summary: | Part 1: Ontology, Subject in General: A Theory of Cracks -- Sickness unto Excess -- Saint Paul's Notion of Split Subjectivity -- The Split Economy -- Part II: Particular Subject: Logic of the World of Finance -- The Fantasy of Harmony -- The Ethical Form of Finance -- Part III: Singular-Plural Subjects: Deactivation of the Capitalist Future -- Abundance, Scarcity, and Pluralism: A New Direction for Economic Theology Starting with Marx and Freud, scholars have attempted to identify the primary ethical challenge of capitalism. They have named injustice, inequality, repression, exploitative empires, and capitalism psychic hold over all of us, among other else. Nimi Wariboko instead argues that the core ethical problem of capitalism lies in the split nature of the modern economy, an economy divided against itself. Production is set against finance, consumption against saving, and the future against the present. As the rich enjoy their lifestyle, their fellow citizens live in servitude. The economy mimics the structure of our human subjectivity as Saint Paul theorizes in Romans 7: the law constitutes the subject as split, traversed by negativity. The economy is split, shot through with a fundamental antagonism. This fundamental negativity at the core of the economy disturbs its stability and identity, generating its destructive drive. The Split Economy develops a robust theoretical framework at the intersection of continental philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, theology, and political economy to reveal a fundamental dynamic at the heart of capitalism |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-218) and index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 229 pages, 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 1438480598 |