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Laurent Milesi is a Tenured Professor in English Literature and Critical Theory at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and former Chair of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory at Cardiff University.
Christopher Müller is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University.
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Aidan Tynan is a Lecturer in the Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy. He is the author of Deleuze’s Literary Clinic: Criticism and the Politics of Symptoms (2012).
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Contributors
Richard Dienst, Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University
Nicky Marsh, Professor of English, University of Southampton
Arthur Bradley, Reader, Department of English and Creative Writing, Lancaster University
Philip Goodchild, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Nottingham University
Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor, The New School
Hollis Phelps, Assistant Professor of Religion, University of Mount Olive
Benjamin Noys, Reader in English, University of Chichester
Joshua Ramey, Assistant Professor, Grinnell College
Indradeep Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Economics, Haverford College
Josh Robinson, Lecturer, Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University
Peter Sedgwick, Reader, Cardiff School of English, Communication and Philosophy, Cardiff University
Bernard Stiegler, Founder of Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), Centre Georges-Pompidou, Visiting Professor Goldsmiths
Introduction ,Christopher John Müller and Aidan Tynan / Part I: Modernity and the Trajectories of Sovereignty / 1. Towards a Concept of Seignorial Power, Joseph Vogl / 2. Hobbes, Sovereign Power and Money, Peter Sedgwick / 3. Accelerator despite Itself: Credo, Crisis, Katechon, Arthur Bradley / Part II: The Living Soul of Money / 4. The Bank of England in Ruins: Photography, Money and the Law of Equivalence, Christopher John Müller and Ian Wiblin / 5. Seeing is Believing: A visual history of the end of the gold standard, Nicky Marsh / 6. ‘Universal Shylockery: Money and Morality in The Merchant of Venice’ , Simon Critchley and Tom McCarthy / 7. ‘We are All Prostitutes’: Crisis and Libidinal Economy, Benjamin Noys / 8. The Materiality of Belief: On the Real Death of Mammon, Hollis Phelps / Part III: Speculation and Critique / 9. Impotent Signs: Money, Speculative Subjectivity, and the Ontological Proof, Aidan Tynan / 10. Speculation upon Speculation; or, a Contribution to the Critique of Philosophical Economy, Josh Robinson / 11. Believing in Deconstruction, Laurent Milesi / Section IV: Future Revelations / 12. Credit and Investment: A Matter of Faith, Philip Goodchild / 13. How Do We Know We Have a Future?, Richard Dienst / Acknowledgments / Notes on Contributors / Index
Credo Credit Crisis provides a timely reminder that concepts such as debt, credit, interest, speculation and money are never just strictly economic phenomenon but abound in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties. This brilliant volume shows how the dimension of religion is indispensable to understand as well to overcome our current economic crisis.
— Ole Bjerg, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School
Credo Credit Crisis is an important intervention in the wake of the 2008 global recession. We desperately need a better understanding of the deep connections between money and faith, or religion and political economy. The editors have assembled an excellent group of contributors to tackle this urgent topic — highly recommended!
— Clayton Crockett, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, University of Central Arkansas, USA
Mining this rich semantic seam, these essays offer profound insights into the fiduciary logics that drive - and sometimes disrupt - the movements of money and markets. The authors bring the humanities’ best traditions of speculative thought into contact with speculative times past, present, and future, reimagining political economy through bold experiments in politico-economic theology.
— Paul Crosthwaite, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh
Explores the possibility of a theological critique of capitalism today.
Brings together a range of interdisciplinary views on the moral, political and religious problems posed by money.
Offers a unique perspective for understanding the world in the aftermath of the 2008 economic and financial crises.
Engages with the work of Badiou, Guattari, Zizek, Agamben, Benjamin and Deleuze.