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Book The Genesis of Capitalism and the Origins of Modernity

Download or read book The Genesis of Capitalism and the Origins of Modernity written by Luciano Pellicani and published by Telos Press, Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Genesis of Capitalism and the Origins of Modernity

Download or read book The Genesis of Capitalism and the Origins of Modernity written by Luciano Pellicani and published by Telos Press, Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Cambridge History of Capitalism  Volume 1  The Rise of Capitalism  From Ancient Origins to 1848

Download or read book The Cambridge History of Capitalism Volume 1 The Rise of Capitalism From Ancient Origins to 1848 written by Larry Neal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of The Cambridge History of Capitalism provides a comprehensive account of the evolution of capitalism from its earliest beginnings. Starting with its distant origins in ancient Babylon, successive chapters trace progression up to the 'Promised Land' of capitalism in America. Adopting a wide geographical coverage and comparative perspective, the international team of authors discuss the contributions of Greek, Roman, and Asian civilizations to the development of capitalism, as well as the Chinese, Indian and Arab empires. They determine what features of modern capitalism were present at each time and place, and why the various precursors of capitalism did not survive. Looking at the eventual success of medieval Europe and the examples of city-states in northern Italy and the Low Countries, the authors address how British mercantilism led to European imitations and American successes, and ultimately, how capitalism became global.

Book The Origin of Capitalism

Download or read book The Origin of Capitalism written by Ellen Meiksins Wood and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the dynamic economic system we know as capitalism develop among the peasants and lords of feudal Europe? In The Origin of Capitalism, a now-classic work of history, Ellen Meiksins Wood offers readers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature.

Book Marx  Sombart  Weber and the Debate About the Genesis of Modern Capitalism

Download or read book Marx Sombart Weber and the Debate About the Genesis of Modern Capitalism written by Bertram Schefold and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The California School denies that the origin of modern capitalism was rooted in older European traditions, since the major Asian and European empires and nations were at comparable levels of development around 1700. The theories of Marx, Sombart and Weber are leading examples of the opposite view. They differentiate between different forms of precapitalist and early capitalist development in order to identify the factors which prevented or helped to initiate the industrial revolution. To ignore these factors is to belittle the importance of persistent cultural differences.

Book The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System

Download or read book The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System written by John Milios and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economists, historians and social scientists have offered a variety of conflicting answers to the issue of the beginnings of capitalism and these deviating answers imply different conceptualizations of what capitalism actually is. This book provides a simultaneous inquiry into the origins of capitalism as well as provides a theoretical treatise on capitalism. The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System explores the line between what is and is not capitalism, (re)producing a theory of capitalism as a system of class domination and exploitation. Part I of the book focuses on the monetary theory of value and capital developed by Karl Marx, while at the same time critically reviews an array of economic and historical literature, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Following this, Part II expounds the first emergence of capitalism in Venice. It highlights the historical contingencies that made capitalism in the Venetian society possible, as well as the structural elements of the capitalist system and their interconnectedness. Finally, Part III discusses the capitalist character of the Venetian social formation from the end of the fourteenth century until the fall of the republic to Napoleon in 1797. As part of this, the author investigates the significance of forms of governmentality beyond national cohesion and territorialization. Of great interest to economists, historians and both undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book gives special emphasis to a critical evaluation of the tensions and controversies between historians, economists and other social scientists with regard to the character and role that money and trade played in societies and economies.

Book The Quintessence of Capitalism

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  • Author : Werner Sombart
  • Publisher : Nabu Press
  • Release : 2014-02-28
  • ISBN : 9781293779194
  • Pages : 410 pages

Download or read book The Quintessence of Capitalism written by Werner Sombart and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-28 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Quintessence Of Capitalism: A Study Of The History And Psychology Of The Modern Business Man; Henry Ford Estate Collection Werner Sombart Mortimer Epstein E. P. Dutton, 1915 Business & Economics; Economics; General; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics / Economics / Theory; Capitalism; Middle class; Social Science / Social Classes

Book The Protestant Ethic and the  Spirit  of Capitalism

Download or read book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism written by Max Weber and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-04-30 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Book Modernity and Cultural Decline

Download or read book Modernity and Cultural Decline written by Matthew Alexandar Sarraf and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded—including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness—it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work in psychometrics and evolutionary science. This theory builds on the social epistasis amplification model to argue that genetic and epigenetic changes in modernizing and modernized populations, stemming from shifts in selective pressures related to industrialization, have lowered human fitness and wellness.

Book Marx After Marx

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  • Author : Harry Harootunian
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-08-15
  • ISBN : 9780231174817
  • Pages : 312 pages

Download or read book Marx After Marx written by Harry Harootunian and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisiting Marx's seminal conception of capital and production to better critique our diverse global economies.

Book The Spirit of French Capitalism

Download or read book The Spirit of French Capitalism written by Charly Coleman and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a new take on why, in the West, the economy has become synonymous with a belief in the creation of infinite wealth. It does so by turning to the long-suppressed role played by the Catholic Church in the development of capitalism in 18th-century France. Then a dominant and highly influential power, France was rocked by intellectual tumult and confessional clashes, as well as consumer and political revolutions. The church functioned as a de facto state bank, and its clerics thought deeply and extensively about financial matters. Charly Coleman argues that these theologians' long neglected writings show a convergence of economic thought grounded in theological concepts --- what he terms "economic theology" --- whether in managing the debt of sin or marshaling the infinite wealth of divine grace. A counterpart of sorts to Max Weber's famous thesis on The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, the case here is made for a distinctly Catholic ethic, one that has animated the spirit of capitalism from its inception. The influence of sacramental theory demonstrates that at its core modern economic understanding does not adhere neatly to rational action or disenchanted designs, and in ways that scholars have yet to apprehend fully. Even during the Enlightenment, a sense of the miraculous did not wither away in the cold light of calculation. Rather, it emerged anew as a faith invested in the limitless, endlessly creative expansion of the economic realm"--

Book Capitalism and the Historians

Download or read book Capitalism and the Historians written by F. A. Hayek and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1954 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The views generally held about the rise of the factory system in Britain derive from highly distorted accounts of the social consequences of that system—so say the distinguished economic historians whose papers make up this book. The authors offer documentary evidence to support their conclusion that under capitalism the workers, despite long hours and other hardships of factory life, were better off financially, had more opportunities, and led a better life than had been the case before the Industrial Revolution.

Book Power  Inc

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  • Author : David Jochanan Rothkopf
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2012-02-28
  • ISBN : 0374151288
  • Pages : 449 pages

Download or read book Power Inc written by David Jochanan Rothkopf and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading experts on power offers a penetrating look at the rise of private interests and how the struggle among competing capitalism is reordering the global economy.

Book The Genesis of Modernity

Download or read book The Genesis of Modernity written by Arpad Szakolczai and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Genesis of Modernity reconstructs the ideas of three of the most important social and political theorists of the Twentieth Century, Max Weber, Michel Foucault and Eric Voegelin, on the distant roots and sources of modernity. Drawing upon the conceptual tools of social theory and political philosophy, complimented by approaches based in the fields of anthropology, comparative mythology and the history of ancient philosophy this book will prove to be a timely and valuable contribution to this developing area, bringing together the ideas of a group of social and political theorists whose work so far has remained largely unconnected. This book will be essential reading for academics and advanced students concerned with social theory, political theory, sociology, history and philosophy.

Book The Origins of Postmodernity

Download or read book The Origins of Postmodernity written by Perry Anderson and published by Verso. This book was released on 1998-09-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the genesis, consolidation and consequences of the postmodern idea. Beginning in the Hispanic world of the 1930s, the text takes the reader through to the 70s, when Lyotard and Habermas gave the idea of postmodernism wider currency and finally the 90s, with the work of Fredric Jameson.

Book Max Weber  From History to Modernity

Download or read book Max Weber From History to Modernity written by Profesor Bryan S Turner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging and assured book, written by one of the leading Weber scholars in the English-speaking world, shows us the many sides of Max Weber. The book provides an authoritative guide to the current burning issues in social theory, religion, rationalization, the body, modernization and capitalism. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in Weber's claim that the aim of sociology must be to explain what is distinctive about the times in which we live.

Book Sociological Theory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Alessandro Orsini
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 3031525396
  • Pages : 680 pages

Download or read book Sociological Theory written by Alessandro Orsini and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: