Horsley, Mark

The dark side of prosperity : late capitalism's culture of indebtedness / Mark Horsley. - 196 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Borrowed lives -- The indebted society -- Building the indebted society -- Debt, inequality and insecurity -- The culture of the indebted society -- Late modernity and subjective anxiety -- The legitimisation of debt -- The indebted subject of late modernity.

9781472436573 (hardback)


Consumer credit--Great Britain.
Debt--Great Britain.