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Ole Bjerg

OB 2011
Associate professor , Cand.scient.soc, PhD
Ole Bjerg

Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy

Porcelænshaven 18B
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Tel.: +45 3815 2813
Cell phone: +45 3028 1911
Fax:+45 3815 3635
E-mail: ob.lpf@cbs.dk



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My research interests circle around a diagnosis of contemporary capitalism. I am currently interested in the simple question: What is money? The assumption is that money is not a given and constant phenomenon. Money changes as the structure of capitalism changes. In my current research I am exploring how the radical transformations of financial markets over the last 30-40 years is related to transformations in the very ontology of money. In order to investigate this philosophically, we need to ask, with Heidegger: How is money?
Another important topic in my research is gambling. I have recently completed a project about the cultural significance of poker and the relation between poker and capitalism. As part of this research I am also doing research into problem gambling.
I draw my primary theoretical inspiration from Slavoj Zizek, Jean Baudrillard, Martin Heidegger and Karl Marx.

Primary research areas

  • Money
  • Poker
  • Capitalism
  • Ideology and Resistance
  • Addiction
  • Ethics
  • Slavoj Zizek

Administrative functions

Leader of the Management Philosophy Group


Selected publications

Books

Ole Bjerg

Poker - The Parody of Capitalism. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 2011

Etik uden moral

Etik uden moral – Det gode menneske i det postmoderne samfund. Museum Tusculanums Forlag, København 2010
 

Ole Bjerg

 
For tæt på kapitalismen. Ludomani, narkomani og købemani, Museum Tusculanums Forlag, København 2008
 
International Articles – Peer-reviewed
Problem Gambling in Poker - Money, Rationality and Control in a Skill-Based Social Game. International Gambling Studies 10(3) 2010
Too Close to the Money – A Theory of Compulsive Gambling. Theory, Culture & Society, Vol. 26(4) 2009: 47-66
Drug Addiction and Capitalism - Too Close to theBody. Body & Society, 14(2) 2008: 1-22
Full publication list (pdf)



Last updated by Anje Schmidt 18/11/2011