Depression Today, or New Maladies of the Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2929653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Andrews (0000-0002-6122-2788), J N Andrews (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 167-173 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Text (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0164-2472 • E-ISSN: 1527-1951 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01642472-2008-031 |
| OpenAlex | W1990316401 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Drawing on recent theories of affect and affectivity, this essay argues that depression is an “affect” that connects the individual and the social. In particular, depression serves as both a response to, and a cause of, economic fears and uncertainties—a “quasi-cause” that opens up negative feelings into political potentials. In examination of two New York Times feature articles from the mid-1970s, the essay suggests that depression and economic crisis have been ineluctably linked in the recent period of neoliberalism
Economics · Feeling · Great Depression · Keynesian economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |