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Title: | A arte da fuga: Os mecanismos da liquidez | Authors: | Caldas, José Maria Castro | Keywords: | John Maynard Keynes; Modernidade; Zygmunt Bauman; Racionalidade | Issue Date: | 2008 | Publisher: | Centro de Estudos Sociais | Serial title, monograph or event: | Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais | Volume: | 82 | Place of publication or event: | Coimbra | Abstract: | A ideia de “liquidez” enquanto característica da fase actual da modernidade, presente na obra mais recente de Zygmunt Bauman, convida a uma leitura cruzada entre este autor e Keynes. Quer em Bauman, quer em Keynes, a liquidez aplica-se a relações que podem ser facilmente revertidas, ou revertidas a baixo custo, e a sistemas que, sendo caracterizados pela precariedade dos laços que unem os seus elementos constituintes, tendem a ser, eles próprios, instáveis e precários. Em ambos os autores, a liquidez e a especulação surgem como respostas racionais à incerteza e, ao mesmo tempo, como estratégias individuais que contribuem para o aumento do risco sistémico. As duas abordagens são complementares e coerentes. A leitura cruzada sugere a existência de mecanismos da liquidez transversais a diferentes domínios institucionais cuja identificação é aqui ensaiada. The idea of ‘liquidity’ as a feature of the ongoing phase of modernity, to be found in the most recent work of Zygmunt Bauman, invites a cross-reading of this author and Keynes. Both in Bauman and in Keynes, liquidity is linked to relations which can easily be reverted, or reverted at a low cost, and to systems which, characterised by the precariousness of bonds linking its constituting elements, tend, themselves, to be unstable and precarious. In both authors, liquidity and speculation appear as rational responses to uncertainty, and, at the same time, as individual strategies contributing to increased systemic risk. Both approaches are complementary and consistent. Cross-reading suggests the existence of liquidity mechanisms which are transversal to different institutional domains, identification of which is here essayed. L’idée de «liquidité» en tant que caractéristique de la phase actuelle de la modernité, présente dans l’ouvre la plus récente de Zygmunt Bauman, suscite une lecture croisée entre cet auteur et Keynes. Soit chez Bauman, soit chez Keynes, la liquidité s’applique à des relations qui peuvent être facilement réversibles, ou réversibles à bas prix, et à des systèmes qui, étant caractérisés par la précarité des liens unissant leurs éléments constitutifs, tendent à être, eux-mêmes, instables et précaires. Chez les deux auteurs, la liquidité et la spéculation surgissent comme réponses rationnelles à l’incertitude et, en même temps, comme stratégies individuelles qui contribuent à l’augmentation du risque systémique. Les deux approches sont complémentaires et cohérentes. Leur lecture croisée suggère l’existence de mécanismes de liquidité transversaux dans les différents domaines institutionnels dont l’identification est essayée dans cet article. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/33795 | ISSN: | 0254-1106 2182-7435 |
DOI: | 10.4000/rccs.617 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CES - Artigos em Revistas Nacionais |
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