Università Roma Tre

Words and Objects: Economy of Language and Language of Economy

The course focuses on the centrality of language and of the "linguistic force" in the current dissolution of the objectivity paradigm, with particular reference to the aspects of exchange and money.

Module A:

K. Marx, The Fetishism of Commodities and the Secret thereof, in Id., Capital (any edition).
J. Baudrillard, Symbolic Exchange and Death (selected passages).
J. Searle, Making the Social World (selected passages).
A. Appadurai, Banking on Words.

The vision and comment of David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis is planned.

Module B:

M. Weber, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (any edition).
M. Mauss, The Gift.
J. Derrida, Given Time. Counterfeit Money.
A. Appadurai, Banking on Words.

The vision and comment of Adam McKay's The Big Short is planned.