{"title":"Joseph Vogl","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoseph Vogl’s work offers a profound exploration of contemporary political and economic ideas, blending philosophy, history, and critical theory. His writing engages with themes such as the complexities of finance, social tensions, and the ideological underpinnings of modern society, inviting readers to reconsider familiar concepts from fresh perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e will find his books insightful and thought-provoking, providing rigorous analysis that challenges conventional narratives and deepens understanding of the forces shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"capital-and-ressentiment-by-joseph-vogl-9781509551828","title":"Capital and Ressentiment","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe proliferation of social media has provided ideal conditions in which feelings of anger and frustration can be expressed and shared, forming a deep pool of ressentiment that is being drawn upon and exploited by populist and authoritarian leaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his new book, \u003cem\u003eCapital and Ressentiment\u003c\/em\u003e, Joseph Vogl shows how this dynamic is rooted in the fusing of finance capital and information in a new form of information capitalism that is reshaping the affective economy of our societies. The capital accumulation strategies of powerful new platforms and social media are pushing people into fragmented, opposing, and conflictual communities where ressentiment is nurtured and grows. The feelings of grievance and rejection generated by capitalism are redirected into attacks on migrants, foreigners, and others, thereby deflecting their critical potential, and bolstering the system that is their source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the cunning of ressentiment that provides the key to understanding why, despite the profusion of communication in our social media age, global finance and information capital can be neither understood nor attacked as a totalising power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis brilliant analysis of the ways in which information capitalism is transforming the affective economy of our societies will be of great interest to anyone concerned with the forces that are shaping our societies today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47430216810732,"sku":"9781509551828","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509551828.jpg?v=1774559378"},{"product_id":"the-ascendancy-of-finance-by-joseph-vogl-9781509509300","title":"The Ascendancy of Finance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe global financial crisis of 2008 ushered in a system of informal decision-making in the grey zone between economics and politics. Legitimised by a rhetoric of emergency, ad hoc bodies have usurped democratically elected governments. In line with the neoliberal credo, the recent crisis has been used to realise the politically impossible and to re-align executive power with the interests of the finance industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this important book, Joseph Vogl offers a much longer perspective on these developments, showing how the dynamics of modern finance capitalism have always rested on a complex and constantly evolving relationship between private creditors and the state. Combining historical and theoretical analysis, Vogl argues that over the last three centuries, finance has become a \"fourth estate,\" marked by the systematic interconnection of treasury and finance, of political and private economic interests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst this historical background, Vogl explores the latest phase in the financialisation of government, namely the dramatic transfer of power from states to markets in the latter half of the 20th century. From the liberalisation of credit and capital markets to the privatisation of social security, he shows how policy has actively enabled a restructuring of the economy around the financial sector. Political systems are \"imprisoned\" by the regime of finance, while the corporate model suffuses society, enclosing populations in the production of financial capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ascendancy of Finance\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable and unsettling insight into the genesis of modern power and where it truly resides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432806301932,"sku":"9781509509300","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509509300.jpg?v=1774766402"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joseph-vogl.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}