Abstract
While there is no doubt that “the Economy” is a keyword of contemporary life, its commonly accepted meaning is increasingly up for grabs as national governments attempt to stabilize it, social movements try to occupy it, business interests seek to grow it, environmental groups pointedly vilify it, and households feel beholden to it. For those of us interested in building “other worlds”, what constitutes the economy is a contested terrain, as is the way we see it working to enable or constrain life. The task of reclaiming and reshaping our economies is central to any project of societal transformation. This book, Making Other Worlds Possible: Performing Diverse Economies offers a distinctive approach to rethinking economy that is inspired by the “diverse economies” research agenda pioneered by J. K. Gibson-Graham, and it is in conversation with other contemporary projects that are reconfiguring “the Economy” as an effect of various kinds of performativity.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Making Other Worlds Possible: Performing Diverse Economies |
Editors | Gerda Roelvink, Kevin St. Martin, J. K. Gibson-Graham |
Place of Publication | U.S. |
Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 1-25 |
Number of pages | 25 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781452944180 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780816693283 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- economics
- performative (philosophy)