{"product_id":"global-libidinal-economy-hardcover","title":"Global Libidinal Economy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIlan Kapoor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGavin Fridell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaureen Sioh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book to examine global political economy from a psychoanalytic perspective. It claims that the libidinal--the site of unconscious desire--plays not a supplementary or trivial, but a constitutive role in global political economy. Consumption, for example, is not simply a way of satisfying a material or biological need but a doomed attempt at soothing our deeply held sense of loss; and capital is not just a means to material growth and prosperity but is invested with \"drive\" that seduces, beguiles, and manipulates in the service of unending accumulation. Thus, in contrast to political economy, which assumes a rational subject, libidinal economy is founded on the notion of a desiring subject, who obeys a logic not of good sense or self-interest but profligacy and irrationality. By applying a psychoanalytic lens, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Libidinal Economy\u003c\/i\u003e thereby seeks to uncover the unconscious excesses and antagonisms emergent in such key political economy categories as \"production,\" \"trade,\" and \"ecology,\" while also bringing out significant contemporary themes relating to \"gender\" and \"race.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIlan Kapoor\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Critical Development Studies at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Toronto. \u003cb\u003eGavin Fridell\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Global Development Studies at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada. \u003cb\u003eMaureen Sioh\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at DePaul University, Chicago. \u003cb\u003ePieter de Vries\u003c\/b\u003e is presently the International Development Research Liaison for Wageningen University (The Netherlands) and the Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42123394416775,"sku":"9781438493398","price":177.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8071c7542b8b6864221646811390c48e.webp?v=1732566305","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/global-libidinal-economy-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}