Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times: The Psychic Life of Contemporary Capitalism. Cet article n’est pas disponible.Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times: The Psychic Life of Contemporary Capitalism

What is a libidinal economy? How are we psychically hooked into the circuits of the capitalist economy? The contributors to this book question the relevance of a concept that began reappearing in critiques and analyses of capitalist societies since the financial crisis of 2007. The chapters stretch from its philosophical pre-history – including Marx, Spinoza, Cavendish and Ibn Sina – to the term's introduction with Freud and on, via Lyotard, to how online platforms put our psyches to work. Libidinal Economies of Crisis Times is a collection of essays by leading scholars

Ben Gook (Dr.) is a lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. His research focuses on negative affects, psychoanalysis, German culture, social and cultural theory, as well as contemporary film.