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William Davies (born 1976) is an English writer, political and sociological theorist. His work focuses on the issues of consumerism, happiness, and the history and function of expertise on society.
The Limits of Neoliberalism. About. Contact. Speaking. Articles. Interviews. Open Search. ‘How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disaster’. Long Read for The Guardian, as part of a series on 14 years of Conservative rule, on the crisis facing universities and its political roots. July 2, 2024 0. ‘Fever dream’.
Feb 26, 2019 · In this sweeping and provocative work, political economist William Davies draws on a four-hundred-year history of ideas to reframe our understanding of the contemporary world. He argues that global trends decades and even centuries in the making have reduced a world of logic and fact into one driven by emotions―particularly fear and anxiety.
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Sep 20, 2018 · In this bold and compelling exploration of our new political reality, William Davies reveals how feelings have come to reshape our world. Drawing on history, philosophy, psychology...
Aug 24, 2016 · William Davies is an associate professor in political economy at Goldsmiths, University of London, and the author of “The Happiness Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold Us Well ...
Feb 27, 2019 · In “Nervous States,” William Davies says profound uncertainty and heightened alertness have encouraged us to approach politics as a matter of instinct rather than rationality.
In this bold and far- reaching book, political economist William Davies argues that our increasing reliance on feeling over fact has transformed democracies. The spread of media technology and...
About – William Davies. I live in London and I am a Professor in Political Economy at Goldsmiths, University of London, where I am also Director of the Political Economy Research Centre. For more on my academic work, see my page at Academia.edu or Google Scholar.
Will Davies is a political economist with interests in neoliberalism, history of economics and economic sociology.
Davies is a wild and surprising thinker who also happens to be an elegant writer ― a wonderful and eminently readable combination. Nervous States covers 400 years of intellectual history, technological innovation and economic development, seamlessly weaving in such disparate intellects as Carl von Clausewitz, Friedrich von Hayek and Hannah ...
