Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore

＂In Singapore, the financial center of Southeast Asia, hyperurbanization and commercial development exist alongside enduring belief in the economic power of ghosts: in their ability to control the flows of money and value and to determine the outcome of investments and wagers. Spectropolis explores the unlikely collusion of these two systems, demonstrating both the productive role of popular beliefs in the modern world and the surprising correlations between ＂late＂ capitalism and the workings of the spirit realm＂-- Provided by publisher.

Joshua Comaroff is assistant professor of architecture at National University of Singapore. He is coauthor of Horror in Architecture: The Reanimated Edition (Minnesota, 2024).