Unmasking the Entrepreneur

by Campbell Jones, André Spicer

This book asks what lies behind the friendly face of the entrepreneur. It challenges the widespread idea that entrepreneurship is a necessary and good thing, subjecting 'the entrepreneur' to critical analysis. Unmasking the Entrepreneur demonstrates the socially embedded nature of entrepreneurship and considers the history, ethics and politics of entrepreneurship. Drawing on a range of ideas from critical social theory and philosophy, it investigates entrepreneurship in unusual places such as among illegal immigrants and revolutionary France. Ultimately, this book offers a unique and powerful critique of the very idea of the entrepreneur.

Genres: Philosophy, Economics

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

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Campbell Jones is a New Zealand sociologist and philosopher.

He was born in Opotiki, New Zealand. He received a PhD from the University of Keele in 2003 and taught from 2002 to 2011 at the University of Leicester. From 2007 to 2009 he was a Visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School.

Since 2011, he has been teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of Auckland.

Campbell is predominantly known for his work in business ethics.

In his philosophical work he draws heavily from Herbert Marcuse and Jacques Lacan, as well as Karl Marx.