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The mind and the market, capitalism in Western thought, Jerry Z. Muller

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

The mind and the market

bibliography

Jerry Z. Muller

capitalism in Western thought

"Capitalism has never been a subject for economists alone. Philosophers, politicians, poets, and social scientists have debated the cultural, moral, and political effects of capitalism for centuries, and their claims have been many and diverse. 'The mind and the market' is a remarkable history of how the idea of capitalism has developed in Western thought. Ranging across an ideological spectrum that includes Hobbes, Voltaire, Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, Hegel, Marx, and Matthew Arnold, as well as twentieth-century communist, fascist, and neoliberal intellectuals, historian Jerry Muller examines a fascinating thread of ideas about the ramifications of capitalism and its future implications. This is an engaging and accessible history of ideas that reverberate throughout everyday life."--, From the rear cover

Historical backdrop : rights, righteousness, and virtue -- Voltaire : "a merchant of a noble kind" -- Adam Smith : moral philosophy and political economy -- Justus Moser : the market as destroyer of culture -- Edmund Burke : commerce, conservatism, and the intellectuals -- Hegel : a life worth choosing -- Karl Marx : from Jewish usury to universal vampirism -- Matthew Arnold : weaning the Philistines from the drug of business -- Weber, Simmel, and Sombart : community, individuality, and rationality -- Lukacs and Freyer : from the quest for community to the temptations of totality -- Schumpeter : innovation and resentment -- From Keynes to Marcuse : affluence and its discontents -- Friedrich Hayek : untimely liberal

Capitalism in modern European thought