{"product_id":"critically-capitalist-bohyeong-kim-9780472077267","title":"Critically Capitalist: The Spirit of Asset Capitalism in South Korea","description":"\u003ci\u003eCritically Capitalist \u003c\/i\u003epresents an ethnography of South Korea's asset seekers, including amateur stock investors, real estate enthusiasts, and money coaches, to demonstrate how financialized asset capitalism is sustained. As they hunt for profit margins, rent, and dividends, they simultaneously critique capitalism and posit their pursuit of assets as a form of resistance. Bohyeong Kim theorizes this new spirit of capitalism in South Korea as \"critical capitalism,\" arguing that it reflects the popular discontent with both national development and financial neoliberalism. As a paradoxical critique and legitimation, Bohyeong Kim argues that critical capitalism valorizes the capitalist economy not through a triumphant narrative, but by highlighting the emotional wounds, destroyed communities, and oppressive tactics of modern capitalism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on multi-sited ethnography and in-depth interviews with a broad community of aspiring millionaires, \u003ci\u003eCritically Capitalist \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates how contemporary capitalism thrives by channeling discontent into financial and real estate markets, which in turn, has cemented critical capitalism as the cultural and affective backbone of South Korea's economy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bohyeong Kim\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472077260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472077267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Bohyeong Kim","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46136205476095,"sku":"9780472077267","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07f5992f-30b4-40ba-8054-2616159ee29a.jpg?v=1726415998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critically-capitalist-bohyeong-kim-9780472077267","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}