Think rich, feel hurt: the critique of capitalism and the production of affect in the making of financial subjects in South Korea

• Published in: Cultural studies (London, England) Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 611 - 633
• Main Author: Kim, Bohyeong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.09.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: affect; Attachment; Capitalism; Case studies; critique of capitalism; Discourses; Educational programs; Educational research; Emotions; Ethics; Ethnographic research; Ethnography; Finance; financial self-help; financial subject; Foreign capital; Individual collective relationship; Investments; Markets; Memories; Money; Pedagogy; Personal finance; Private schools; Rationality; Resistance; Securities markets; Selfmanagement; Social classes; South Korea; Teaching; Wealth; Wealth-tech; South Korea
• ISSN: 0950-2386; 1466-4348
• DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2016.1264005

This article describes the process of financial subjectification by observing a private educational programme on financial self-management in South Korea. 'Wealth-tech' is a popular Korean term that refers to techniques of personal finance and money-management. Ethnographic research on a p...