Market Affect and the Rhetoric of Political Economic Debates

by Catherine Chaput

What explains the "triumph of capitalism"? Why do people so often respond positively to discussions favoring it while shutting down arguments against it? Overwhelmingly theories regarding capitalism's resilience have focused on individual choice bolstered by careful rhetorical argumentation. In this penetrating study, however, Catherine Chaput shows that something more than choice is at work in capitalism's ability to thrive in public practice...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611179947
• ISBN13: 9781611179941
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher