Strange loops: Producing history in financial times

Strange loops: Producing history in financial times

In this rejoinder, I discuss three fundamental ‘deadlocks’ raised by contributors to this forum. These relate to the status of historical discourse, financial market logics, and above all the figure of the ‘strange loop’, which I put forward as a means of reorienting historical thought. I also offer...

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Main Author: Amin Samman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2020-12-01
Series:Finance and Society
Online Access:http://financeandsociety.ed.ac.uk/article/view/5276
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spelling doaj-f181e3c711234fbaaf92529305f6592d2021-01-25T10:17:13ZengUniversity of EdinburghFinance and Society2059-59992020-12-01621485610.2218/finsoc.v6i2.52765276Strange loops: Producing history in financial timesAmin Samman0City, University of London, UKIn this rejoinder, I discuss three fundamental ‘deadlocks’ raised by contributors to this forum. These relate to the status of historical discourse, financial market logics, and above all the figure of the ‘strange loop’, which I put forward as a means of reorienting historical thought. I also offer some preliminary remarks on why History in Financial Times departs from conventional forms of historicism in political economy, as well as a further set of reflections on the contemporaneity of the book’s argumentation.http://financeandsociety.ed.ac.uk/article/view/5276
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description In this rejoinder, I discuss three fundamental ‘deadlocks’ raised by contributors to this forum. These relate to the status of historical discourse, financial market logics, and above all the figure of the ‘strange loop’, which I put forward as a means of reorienting historical thought. I also offer some preliminary remarks on why History in Financial Times departs from conventional forms of historicism in political economy, as well as a further set of reflections on the contemporaneity of the book’s argumentation.
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