{"product_id":"knowledge-ltd-toward-a-social-logic-of-the-derivative-9781439912249","title":"Knowledge LTD: Toward a Social Logic of the Derivative","description":"Catastrophes ranging from the travesties of financial markets and the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil well to the tsunami that struck northern Japan and the levees breaking in New Orleans are examples of the limits of knowledge. Author Randy Martin insists that the expertise erected to prevent these natural and social disasters failed in each case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eKnowledge LTD\u003c\/i\u003e, Martin explores how both the limits of knowledge and the social constructions of culture reflect the way we organize social life in the face of disasters and their aftermath. He examines this crisis of knowledge as well as the social movements that rose up in its wake. Martin not only treats derivatives as financial contracts for pricing risk, but also shows how the derivative works in economic terms, where the very unity of the economy is undone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eKnowledge LTD\u003c\/i\u003e ultimately points to a more comprehensive reordering of the once separate spheres of economy, polity, and culture. Martin provides a new way of understanding the social significance of the all-pervasive derivative logic. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Randy Martin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439912249\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Martin\u003c\/b\u003e (1957-2015) was Professor of Art and Public Policy at New York University and founder of the graduate program in arts politics. He published many books, as author or editor, including\u003ci\u003e Financialization of Daily Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnder New Management: Universities, Administrative Labor, and the Professional Turn\u003c\/i\u003e (both Temple); \u003ci\u003eAn Empire of Indifference: American War and the Financial Logic of Risk Management; On Your Marx: Relinking Socialism and the Left; Critical Moves: Dance Studies in Theory and Politics; Socialist Ensembles: Theater and State in Cuba and Nicaragua\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003ePerformance as Political Act: The Embodied Self\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44707557343347,"sku":"9781439912249","price":46.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_05b2080e-00eb-4298-998f-f2cf276b3861.jpg?v=1775840527","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/knowledge-ltd-toward-a-social-logic-of-the-derivative-9781439912249","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}