Haunting the Knowledge Economy

<P>The knowledge economy is a dominant force in today's world. This book evocatively challenges this global dominance by identifying a range of alternative economies that haunt this system, and confront its underlying assumptions. By recognizing marginalized risk, libidinal, gift and survival economies the limitations and weaknesses of the knowledge economy are exposed.<br>Taking an interdisciplinary approach to present a more nuanced understanding of knowledge and its multiple exchange relationships, this book draws on a diverse range of material and utilizes illustrative examples from the arts, new media industries, indigenous knowledge, and the scholarly everyday to critically examine the knowledge economy.<br>This book will make a considerable difference to the way in which the knowledge economy is thought of, by revealing its contradictions and exclusions, and suggesting alternative possibilities. Groundbreaking and globally applicable, it has been authored by internationally respected authors and its conceptual breadth pertains to a range of disciplines and gives it its wide appeal.</P>