Conclusion

  • Charles Masquelier
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Abstract

Contemporary sociological accounts are filled with a myriad of images of flows and perpetual movements, often evoking feelings of insecurity and uncertainty, amid an increasingly fragmented social fabric (Harvey 1990; Giddens 1991; Beck 1992; Sennett 1998). The neoliberal capitalist world, it seems, comprises highly complex and differentiated societies governed by instability and unpredictability. They have become “existentially troubling” (Giddens 1991: 21).

Keywords

Economic Rationality Biophysical Environment Competition Game Perpetual Movement Symbolic Production 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Charles Masquelier
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  1. 1.University of ExeterExeterUK

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