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1 online resource (181 pages) |
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Chicago Studies in Practices of Meaning |
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Chicago studies in practices of meaning.
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Contents |
Speaking of crisis -- A suspicious history -- Economies of loss -- Exhausted futures -- Solidary selves -- Argentine afterword |
Summary |
"Argentina, once heralded as the future of the West, has by now a long history of economic volatility. In 2001-2002, a financial crisis led to its worst economic collapse, precipitating a dramatic currency devaluation, the largest sovereign default in world history, and the flight of foreign capital. Protests and street blockades punctuated a moment of profound political uncertainty, epitomized by the rapid succession of five presidents in four months. Since then, Argentina has fought economic fires on every front, from inflation to cost of utilities to depressed industrial output. When things clearly aren't working, when the constant churning of booms and busts makes life almost unlivable, why does our deeply compromised order seem so inescapable? Why does critique seem so blunt even as crisis after crisis appears on the horizon? Anthropologist Sarah Muir offers a cogent meditation on the limits of critique at this historical moment, drawing on deep experience in Argentina but reflecting on a truly global condition. If we can see clearly how things are being upended in a manner that is ongoing, tumultuous, and not for the good, what would we need--and what would we need to let go--to usher in a revitalized critique for today's world? Routine Crisis is an original provocation and a challenge to think beyond the limits of exhaustion and reinvigorate criticism for the twenty-first century"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Middle class -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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Middle class -- Argentina -- Buenos Aires -- Attitudes
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Crises -- Argentina
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Financial crises -- Argentina
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Financial crises -- Social aspects -- Argentina
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
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Crises
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Economic history
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Economic history -- Public opinion
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Financial crises
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Financial crises -- Social aspects
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Middle class
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Middle class -- Attitudes
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Politics and government -- Public opinion
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Public opinion
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SUBJECT |
Argentina -- Economic conditions -- Public opinion
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Argentina -- Social conditions -- Public opinion
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Argentina -- Politics and government -- Public opinion
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Argentina -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
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Subject |
Argentina
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Argentina -- Buenos Aires
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
022675281X |
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9780226752815 |
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