Mikrokredittens globale fortælling og dens etiske problemstillinger by Thessa Jensen

“…In this narrative there is a conflict between the poor borrowers (the original recipients) and the development of microcredit institutions that will only work with market economy logics: profitability and growth. Jensen analyzes the ethical challenges that this conflict provides and tries to find an answer to them involving the ideas of Løgstrup and Levinas.  …”
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Blåst? Från kulturindustriell manipulation till entreprenöriellt lärande by Magnus Persson

“… The aim of this article is to highlight and critically discuss three theoretical fields which have paid close attention to the relationship between culture and the market economy: the critical theory of Adorno and Horkheimer, cultural studies, and theories of entrepreneurship education. …”
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The Aestheticization of Place, Politics and Products by Lars Pynt Andersen

“…Aestheticization is a pervasive force in consumer culture (Featherstone 2002); it is central to the invention and reinvention of symbolic resources that structure current market economies (Reckwitz 2017). A recent example with a complex nexus of consumption, identity, politics and nostalgia, is the reinvention of ‘Nordicness’ and ‘The Nordic Lifestyle’, with sub-fields such as (New) Nordic Cuisine, (New) Nordic Design and (New) Nordic Cinema (Leer 2016, Andersen et al. 2019, Skou and Munch 2016). …”
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