The Age of Post-Rationality Limits of Economic Reasoning in the 21st Century

Author/creator Colic-Peisker, Val Author
Other author Flitney, Adrian Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan Secaucus : Springer [Distributor]
Descriptionxiv, 253 p. ill 21.000 x 014.800 cm.
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Summary Annotation This text challenges the hegemonic view that economic calculation represents the ultimate rationality. The West legitimises its global dominance by the claim to be a rational, democratic, science-based, and progressive civilisation. Yet, over the past decades, the dogma of economic rationality has become an ideological black hole whose gravitational pull allows no public debate or policy to escape. This dogma has pervaded all spheres of life, ushering the age of post-rationality, especially in English speaking countries. The authors discuss several aspects of post-rational global capitalism still dominated by the Anglosphere: hyper-competition, hyper-consumption, inequality, volatile global financial markets, environmental degradation, and the unforeseen effects of the internet-mediated communication revolution.
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