On Wednesday, January 26, the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies will host Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou for a virtual event on his new book, Speculative Communities: Living with Uncertainty in a Financialized World. The book is available for sale at The Strand.Â
Speakers will include Arjun Appadurai (New York University), Melinda Cooper (Australian National University), and Jamieson Webster (The New School), with moderation by Julia Ott (The New School).
In Speculative Communities, Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou examines the ways that speculation has moved beyond financial markets to shape fundamental aspects of our social and political lives. As ordinary people make exceptional decisions, such as the American election of a populist demagogue or the British vote to leave the European Union, they are moving from time-honored and tested practices of governance, toward the speculative promise of a new, more uncertain future. This book shows how even our methods of community building have shifted to the speculative realm as social media platforms enable and amplify our volatile wagers.
Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou is Associate Professor of Sociology at University College London, where he leads the Sociology & Social Theory Research Group. His research explores the multifarious impact of financial markets on social and political life in 20th and 21st century capitalism. His current book project, tentatively titled Real Fake, is an intellectual history of distortion technologies and capitalist myth-making.
Arjun Appadurai is Professor Emeritus at NYU Steinhardt's Department of Media, Culture, and Communication and a cultural anthropologist.Â
Melinda Cooper is Professor of Sociology at Australian National University.Â
Jamieson Webster is a psychoanalyst in private practice and a part-time professor at The New School for Social Research.
Julia Ott is Associate Professor of History at The New School for Social Research and Director of Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies.
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You can purchase the book at The Strand Bookstore in New York City or online.
Presented by the Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies and The Strand Bookstore at The New School for Social Research.
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