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The Devil's Riches : A Modern History of Greed / Jared Poley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association ; 11Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781785331268
  • 9781785331275
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 178 23
LOC classification:
  • BJ1535.A8 P65 2017
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION The Devil’s Riches: A Modern History of Greed -- CHAPTER ONE Greed and Avarice before Absolutism -- CHAPTER TWO The Confessionalization of an Emotion -- CHAPTER THREE Greed and the Law in the Seventeenth Century -- CHAPTER FOUR Greed, Consumerism, and the State -- CHAPTER FIVE Greed and the Oscillations between Liberalism and Socialism -- CHAPTER SIX Greed and the New Spiritualism -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Psychology and Psychoanalysis of Greed -- Conclusions: Greed and History -- INDEX
Summary: A seeming constant in the history of capitalism, greed has nonetheless undergone considerable transformations over the last five hundred years. This multilayered account offers a fresh take on an old topic, arguing that greed was experienced as a moral phenomenon and deployed to make sense of an unjust world. Focusing specifically on the interrelated themes of religion, economics, and health—each of which sought to study and channel the power of financial desire—Jared Poley shows how evolving ideas about greed became formative elements of the modern experience.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION The Devil’s Riches: A Modern History of Greed -- CHAPTER ONE Greed and Avarice before Absolutism -- CHAPTER TWO The Confessionalization of an Emotion -- CHAPTER THREE Greed and the Law in the Seventeenth Century -- CHAPTER FOUR Greed, Consumerism, and the State -- CHAPTER FIVE Greed and the Oscillations between Liberalism and Socialism -- CHAPTER SIX Greed and the New Spiritualism -- CHAPTER SEVEN The Psychology and Psychoanalysis of Greed -- Conclusions: Greed and History -- INDEX

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A seeming constant in the history of capitalism, greed has nonetheless undergone considerable transformations over the last five hundred years. This multilayered account offers a fresh take on an old topic, arguing that greed was experienced as a moral phenomenon and deployed to make sense of an unjust world. Focusing specifically on the interrelated themes of religion, economics, and health—each of which sought to study and channel the power of financial desire—Jared Poley shows how evolving ideas about greed became formative elements of the modern experience.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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