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Das Wissen der Schulden: Recht, Kulturtechnik und Alltagserfahrung im liberalen Kapitalismus

Suter, Mischa. (2014) Das Wissen der Schulden: Recht, Kulturtechnik und Alltagserfahrung im liberalen Kapitalismus. Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, 37 (2). pp. 148-164.

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Abstract

Performing an object such as ‘the economy’ hinges on practices of formatting knowledge. The article proposes to look at such instituting moments in connection with social conflicts over the legitimate rules of exchange. This is exemplified by way of recounting the story of the codification of Swiss bankruptcy law in 1889. In order to homogenize the legal procedures of debt collection and bankruptcy, two subject categories were instituted: ‘merchants’ and ‘non-merchants’. These different categories were thought to account for the diverging temporalities and spaces of credit exchange in everyday economic life. The intro - duction of the commercial register, a media-technical apparatus, enabled a formal distinction between ‘merchants’ and ‘non-merchants’. However, this boundary was contested and proved to be porose.
Faculties and Departments:04 Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > Departement Geschichte > Bereich Neuere und Neueste Geschichte > Allgemeine Geschichte des 19./20. Jhds (Arni)
UniBasel Contributors:Suter, Michael
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley
ISSN:0170-6233
e-ISSN:1522-2365
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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Last Modified:19 Jan 2018 13:00
Deposited On:19 Jan 2018 13:00

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