Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness
This article argues that the problematic nature of money's ‘location’ is important to opening up its more fundamental ontology. Using examples from recent financial crises, I explore the (temporary) historical relationship between money and the nation state, the changing nature of money, and th...
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| description | This article argues that the problematic nature of money's ‘location’ is important to opening up its more fundamental ontology. Using examples from recent financial crises, I explore the (temporary) historical relationship between money and the nation state, the changing nature of money, and the paradoxes these produce in a world convinced that money is real and material. I conclude that whilst we cannot resolve these ingrained paradoxes, we should at the very least take account of them as we try to explain the vagaries of our money economies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d7f8dd82acd64d0a925b05973dc838cb2024-03-20T08:20:15ZengCambridge University PressFinance and Society2059-59992015-01-01171910.2218/finsoc.v1i1.1368Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingnessAngus Cameron0University of Leicester, UKThis article argues that the problematic nature of money's ‘location’ is important to opening up its more fundamental ontology. Using examples from recent financial crises, I explore the (temporary) historical relationship between money and the nation state, the changing nature of money, and the paradoxes these produce in a world convinced that money is real and material. I conclude that whilst we cannot resolve these ingrained paradoxes, we should at the very least take account of them as we try to explain the vagaries of our money economies.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059599900000030/type/journal_articleMoneyterritoryextraterritorialityfinancialisationmobilityontology |
| spellingShingle | Angus Cameron Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness Finance and Society Money territory extraterritoriality financialisation mobility ontology |
| title | Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness |
| title_full | Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness |
| title_fullStr | Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness |
| title_full_unstemmed | Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness |
| title_short | Where has all the money gone? Materiality, mobility, and nothingness |
| title_sort | where has all the money gone materiality mobility and nothingness |
| topic | Money territory extraterritoriality financialisation mobility ontology |
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