Deleuze in the wild

Making Philosophy Matter for Fintech

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2181773
AutoresSandra Faustino (0000-0002-1304-2774, University of Lisbon, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume15
Fascículo1
Páginas93-102
Data de publicação2022-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Cultural Economy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1753-0350 • E-ISSN: 1753-0369
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17530350.2021.1977676
OpenAlexW3207553685
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas33

This paper discusses the role of Deleuzian philosophy in fintech projects which operate ‘in the wild’, i.e. far from the major institutional settings of fintech development, and which speculate towards an alternative financial economy, building upon algorithms, blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and crypto-assets. Based on ethnographic data collected with three different projects, I discuss the process of earmarking financial operations by means of philosophical concepts or theories, which enable the re-interpretation of the process of financialisation of everyday life. I further analyse the conceptual socialization of these technological endeavours with the wider-reaching theme of accelerating the capitalist process with the objective to overturn its excessive powers. The paper concludes by suggesting that fintech experiments which are socialized with accelerationist narratives re-interpret the process of financialisation as a path of liberation instead of exploitation, offering an escape from the capitalist crisis through machinic alchemy

Economics · Epistemology · Financialization · Market economy · Narrative · Neoclassical economics · Sociology · Blockchain Technology Applications and Security · Computer Science · FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Philosophy