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      The Provoked Economy

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      The Provoked Economy book

      Economic reality and the performative turn

      The Provoked Economy

      DOI link for The Provoked Economy

      The Provoked Economy book

      Economic reality and the performative turn
      ByFabian Muniesa
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 4 June 2014
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203798959
      Pages 170
      eBook ISBN 9780203798959
      Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Social Sciences
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      Muniesa, F. (2014). The Provoked Economy: Economic reality and the performative turn (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203798959

      ABSTRACT

      Do things such as performance indicators, valuation formulas, consumer tests, stock prices or financial contracts represent an external reality? Or do they rather constitute, in a performative fashion, what they refer to?

      The Provoked Economy tackles this question from a pragmatist angle, considering economic reality as a ceaselessly provoked reality. It takes the reader through a series of diverse empirical sites – from public administrations to stock exchanges, from investment banks to marketing facilities and business schools – in order to explore what can be seen from such a demanding standpoint. It demonstrates that descriptions of economic objects do actually produce economic objects and that the simulacrum of an economic act is indeed a form of realization. It also shows that provoking economic reality means facing practical tests in which what ought to be economic or not is subject to elaboration and controversy.

      This book opens paths for empirical investigation in the social sciences, but also for the philosophical renewal of the critique of economic reality. It will be useful for students and scholars in social theory, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and economics.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |3 pages

      Introduction

      part Part I|37 pages

      The problem of performativity

      chapter 1|21 pages

      A few theoretical rudiments

      chapter 2|14 pages

      The consideration of economic reality

      part Part II|88 pages

      Elementary case studies

      chapter 3|16 pages

      Recounting financial objects

      chapter 4|18 pages

      Discovering stock prices

      chapter 5|17 pages

      Testing consumer preferences

      chapter 6|12 pages

      Realizing business value

      chapter 7|19 pages

      Indicating economic action

      chapter 8|4 pages

      Tentative conclusion

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