THE BONDS OF DEBT

Book ID/图书代码： 13850011B44088

English Summary/英文概要： Indebtedness as the universal condition of modern life.

“Man is born free and is everywhere in debt,” declared the Economist in the summer of 2010, a cheeky admission that indebtedness and liberation are once again on the agenda across the globe. In this timely book, cultural critic Richard Dienst examines the current condition of indebtedness from a variety of angles, ranging from the financial crisis and global poverty to media politics and radical theory. Written in an engaging and forceful style, the book draws upon a surprising array of materials, including Obama’s national security strategy, the architecture of Prada stores, press photos of Bono, and a fairy tale told by Karl Marx. Moving beyond the dominant pieties and widespread anxieties surrounding the topic, Dienst reconceives indebtedness as a social, economic, and political bond, where the crushing weight of objectified wealth comes face to face with new demands for equality and solidarity.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： “人人生而自由,而債務無處不在,“這是《經濟學家》雜誌在2010年的夏天刊登的標題，債務和解債問題，再次被坦承地放在了世界各國的議事日程上。這這本應時的書中，文化批評家理查•戴恩斯特從不同的角度，審視了目前的債務現狀，分類了金融危機和全球最貧困的區域到媒體政治評論和激進理論。運用動人而有力地寫作方式，本書列舉出一系列的令人驚訝的材料, 包括奧巴馬的國家安全戰略，普拉達商店的建築，波諾的新聞照片，和卡爾•馬克思的烏托邦美夢。跨越了占主導優勢的東方和遍及世界的焦慮話題，戴恩斯特重申了債務作為一個社會，經濟和政治的聯繫的象徵，在客觀性的財富處於重負時，將不得不面臨對平等和團結新秩序的要求。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：“作為一種文化力量，作者更細緻入微地考慮到當代的資本主義的深度，將很難再找到這樣一本上品的商業書籍。“—— 《美術學報》湯瑪斯•基南

Praise for Still Life in Real Time：The readings of theory and television are elegantly articulated and completely reliable - [A] more nuanced account of contemporary capitalism as a cultural force would be hard to find. A" Thomas Keenan, Art Journal

About the Author/作者介绍： 理查戴恩斯特是《Still Life in Real Time: Theory after Television》（適時生活：電視機後的理論）的作者和《Reading the Shape of the World》（瞭解這個世界的形態）的合著編輯。他美國羅格斯大學英語系授課。

Richard Dienst is the author of Still Life in Real Time: Theory after Television and The Bonds of Debt, and a co-editor of Reading the Shape of the World. He teaches in the Department of English at Rutgers University.

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