“Currency of Nihilism provides a masterful illustration of a chronic sickness in finance. It is ... a scream of negation” Thanks to Chris Rogers for his thoughtful commentary on my book. You can read more from him here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Just finished it. I’ve never seen the void at the heart of money explained so well. Which, in turn, explains why this madness literally cannot stop. It’s an excellent book — and a good read!

Great to do this yesterday. Thanks to @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social for the invitation and to @cawpbisa.bsky.social for having me.

BISA - British International Studies Association@mybisa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📣We are delighted to announce that we have kicked off todays event with @cawpbisa.bsky.social! 💲Today we are joined by @aminsamman.bsky.social for a discussion of his new book "Currency of Nihilism" (@stanfordpress.bsky.social)

I have a new piece out that interrogates the role of critique in Muniesa’s book Paranoid Finance. Drawing on Deleuze & Guattari, I argue that the book maintains a relation to critique that is best characterized as schizophrenic. Alas, it is locked behind a paranoid paywall. DM me if you want a copy!

AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a@provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Criticism and schizophrenia" by Amin Samman (@aminsamman.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1080/1753...

Review symposium on Fabian Muniesa's 2024 book "Paranoid Finance" is now out in @jcultecon.bsky.social. I had a lot of fun writing my response, "Criticism and schizophrenia", which is linked to below along with the other two pieces and Fabian's reply. Check it out!

AKA Fa͍ͥ͒ͦͣ͑bi̗̼̣̦̳̊͐̏͊̇aͭn̜͕̜̠̼ͤ̐̏ Munié̼͙̭͉̫̌ͤ̑̓s͚͔̩̓̆a@provokedeconomy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

More trouble than previously thought... Thanks @suscrockford.bsky.social @erosamon.bsky.social @aminsamman.bsky.social for brilliant critiques of 'Paranoid Finance'!!! And @busedoyu.bsky.social @allartmarkets.bsky.social @jcultecon.bsky.social for setting this up!!! doi.org/10.1080/1753...

Just got back from this fantastic symposium on "Finance and Ruination" at the Institute for Digital Cultures in Vienna. It was great to meet everyone and to spend the day discussing the ruinous escalation of contemporary finance. Big thanks to Mikkel Rorbo and Naoki Matsuyama for putting this on!

I'm really looking forward to giving this keynote tonight. If you are in Vienna, do come along. It's open to the public. The event starts at 14.30 with a panel on 'Living and Dying Under Financial Capitalism', followed by another at 16.15 on 'Exits and Speculative Capital'. See you there!

MNG - University Presses@mngupbooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For readers interested in philosophy and the history of capitalism, Currency of Nihilism offers an unsettling perspective on the nihilistic structures of feeling that underwrite the contemporary financial system. 🔗 buff.ly/b0OgVpz @stanfordpress.bsky.social @aminsamman.bsky.social

This is today! Come join us if you're in Vienna.

Amin Samman@aminsamman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m honoured to be giving the keynote for this symposium on ‘Finance and Ruination’ at the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures in Vienna. The programme looks great and the event is open to the public, so come join us! Big thanks to Naoki Matsuyama and Mikkel Rørbo for organising. buff.ly/b0OgVpz

I’m honoured to be giving the keynote for this symposium on ‘Finance and Ruination’ at the Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures in Vienna. The programme looks great and the event is open to the public, so come join us! Big thanks to Naoki Matsuyama and Mikkel Rørbo for organising. buff.ly/b0OgVpz

I'll be in Vienna this week to speak about my book, Currency of Nihilism. Come along if you're around! buff.ly/b0OgVpz

MNG - University Presses@mngupbooks.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For readers interested in philosophy and the history of capitalism, Currency of Nihilism offers an unsettling perspective on the nihilistic structures of feeling that underwrite the contemporary financial system. 🔗 buff.ly/b0OgVpz @stanfordpress.bsky.social @aminsamman.bsky.social

It was a great pleasure to speak about my book Currency of Nihilism with @garethwatkins.bsky.social and @pyramidmaster.bsky.social on their podcast, Death Sentence. We touched on everything from French theory and punk rock to prediction markets. Have a listen below!

Death Sentence@deathsentencepod.bsky.social · 4mo ago

💰NEW EPISODE💰 Gambling apps, crypto, predictions markets - if you think this is as bad as financial nihilism gets then you need to listen as @aminsamman.bsky.social explains his new book. open.spotify.com/episode/7Ept... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... soundcloud.com/death-senten...

Looking forward to this! Thanks to @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social for the invitation to present my book Currency of Nihilism to the BISA working group on Critical Alternatives for World Politics. Come join us for the seminar. Details below.

BISA Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group@cawpbisa.bsky.social · 4mo ago

What happens to economic life when meaning and value come apart? 💹 💀 Join us for our next virtual seminar as @aminsamman.bsky.social discusses his new book exploring the nihilistic moods and of contemporary global finance from cryptocurrencies to meme-stocks. @mybisa.bsky.social

Happy Easter from Finance and Society team! Here is our special easter egg for all of you: a fresh Call for Papers for this year's Finance and Society conference happening again at CBS Copenhagen! Deadline: May 1st Hoping to see many of you there!

For readers interested in philosophy and the history of capitalism, Currency of Nihilism by Amin Samman offers an unsettling perspective on the nihilistic structures of feeling that underwrite the contemporary financial system. https://ow.ly/EPfe50YxSr0 #ReadUP

My new book Currency of Nihilism is officially out today! In it, I develop a history and theory of financial nihilism that speaks directly to the ongoing merger of digital technology with finance. Use the code SAMMAN20 for 20% off: www.sup.org/books/politi... mngbookshop.co.uk/978150364586...

"Never before has nothing been something worth taking more seriously." Receive 20% off my new book with the code SAMMAN20: www.sup.org/books/politi... mngbookshop.co.uk/978150364586...

It was a great pleasure to present "Currency of Nihilism" at the University of Warwick. The conversation was very spirited and I am looking forward to speaking with more people about the book in the coming months. If you would like the Financial Nihilism Roadshow to visit your town, do get in touch!

I enjoyed speaking to Ryan Gladwin at Decrypt about financial nihilism, crypto derivatives, and extreme leverage on Hyperliquid (their project of the year for 2025). decrypt.co/352544/proje...

Decrypt’s 2025 Project of the Year: Hyperliquid - Decrypt

Perpetual futures, leverage, decentralization, and financial nihilism: just some of the things that made Hyperliquid the project of the year.

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🚨CURRENCY OF NIHILISM will be out in March 2026🚨https://www.sup.org/books/politics/currency-nihilism

🚨CURRENCY OF NIHILISM will be out in March 2026🚨https://www.sup.org/books/politics/currency-nihilism

📣New scholarship ! Amin Samman builds on Yuran’s "The Sexual Economy of Capitalism" to unpack modern finance and its “obscenity”. justmoney.org/obscene-fina...

Current ScholarshipObscene Finance

Amin Samman

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Some exciting reviews have come in for my forthcoming book, Currency of Nihilism. Thank you to Joseph Vogl, Arthur Kroker, Noam Yuran, and William Davies @will-davies.bsky.social for their thoughtful engagement with the manuscript! www.sup.org/books/politi...

Only $13 with the code GHO20! www.wiley.com/en-us/Ghosti...

Ghosting: On Disappearance

Abandonment is as old as time, but ghosting is a modern twist on this ancient experience. It translates this age-old phenomenon into our modern world of screens, delete buttons and blocking options. Ghosting is not only an unpleasant experience, or cowardly act, but a symptom of our increasingly spectral &ndash; that is, mediated and virtual &ndash; relationship to the world. The overabundance of new modes of communication has invited an almost infinite number of contacts and conversations. At the same time, it has also offered an unprecedented opportunity for&nbsp;<i>ignoring</i>&nbsp;messages from others. And just as we invented the car crash when we invented automobiles, we also encouraged ghosting when we created the internet.<br /><br />Ghosting creates an empty space in our minds: a space faithfully tracing the silhouette of the one who ghosted us. But unlike traditional ghosts, today&rsquo;s ghosters simply disappear, leaving behind a form of haunting that is closer to mourning: mourning for someone who is not in fact dead. In putting a kind of preemptive mourning into our everyday affairs, ghosting tells us much about the current human relationship &ndash; or&nbsp;<i>non</i>-relationship &ndash; to a shared sense of mortality, purpose, and spirit.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br /><br />This book &ndash; the first sustained analysis of ghosting &ndash; traces the source of this vexed experience to, and through, our current media ecology, technological networks, political landscape, collective psychology, romantic mantras, and deep sense of social neglect.

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Congrats to Sandy on this banging article. More to come from him soon, next time with more ketamine!

The Syllabus@the-syllabus.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The attempt to financialize psychedelics has collided with the unruliness of these substances both as therapeutic assets and as vectors of cultural resistance. Our article of the week traces the rise and fall of commercial psychedelics. By Sandy B. Hager in @finandsoc.bsky.social buff.ly/7QsCdDI

This will produce an extraordinary amount of waste, duplication and lack of transparency. To understand why it is crucial to understand what VC dynamics are and what their aims are. See my @finandsoc.bsky.social article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Defense News@defensenews.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Army's new Fuze program is kicking off to bring technology to soldiers rapidly.

"There is no longer any depth, no longer any subtext either. The entire history of economic life is pushed up to the surface, leaving nothing behind for it to hide. It is this profound superficiality that now rules."

Amin Samman@aminsamman.bsky.social · 11mo ago

What is the relation between obscenity and the financial? I take up this question in my new piece, inspired by Noam Yuran's recently published book on The Sexual Economy of Capitalism. Both should make for a titillating read!

What is the relation between obscenity and the financial? I take up this question in my new piece, inspired by Noam Yuran's recently published book on The Sexual Economy of Capitalism. Both should make for a titillating read!

Once again a cery interesting, thought provoking and inspiring Finance and Society conference @finandsoc.bsky.social - looking forward to next year (whereever it's going to be)! Thanks to numerous colleagues for intense discussions and critical questions!

Highlight - finally seeing @provokedeconomy.bsky.social talk about paranoid finance at this years brilliant @finandsoc.bsky.social conference 🥳