Global Magic: Technologies of Appropriation from Ancient Rome to Wall Street

Hornborg, Alf

Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how money and machines throughout history have been used to exploit less affluent parts of world society. The argument critically explores a middle ground between Marxist political ecology and Actor-Network Theory. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-03-02

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349932481

DOI: 10.1057/9781137567871

Dimensions: 216.0cm x140.0cm

Pages: 201.0