The figure of homo oeconomicus changes shape across centuries

Evidence

Contemporary neoliberal rationality does not mobilize a timeless figure of economic man and simply enlarge its purview. That is, homo oeconomicus does not have a constant shape and bearing across the centuries. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 52

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Neo-liberal homo economicus differs wholly from the classical version — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at…, 1171; Contemporary homo oeconomicus has become financialized human capital — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 52; Homo speculans is the rising hegemonic subject of early finance capitalism — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living With…, 146 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Homo speculans is the subject that replaced rational homo economicus after 2008 #corroborates (0.85)
• Homo speculans is the rising hegemonic subject of early finance capitalism #expands (0.80) — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 146