PERFORMATIVITY AS POLITICS:
UNLOCKING ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY
TOULOUSE WORKSHOP, OCTOBER 23RD & 24TH 2008
GENERAL ABSTRACT
The purpose of this workshop is to investigate the political dimensions of
the performativity of economics. The workshop will bring together key
authors who developed either the concept of performativity in sociology or a
political perspective on markets and/or economics in order to reintroduce
politics within the market analysis. Its is argued that an approach of
performativity