Idols of nations: biblical myth at the origins of capitalism
Roland Boer and Christina Petterson here produce a critical survey showing that the rise of capitalist theory was shaped by the way different economic philosophers -- Smith, Hobbes, Grotius, Malthus, Locke -- read the Bible. Invoking Jeremiah (14:22) and Adam Smith -- who took the title of his Wealt...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
Fortress Press
2014
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| In: | Year: 2014 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Boer, Roland, 1961-, Idols of nations] (2015) (Martin, Craig, 1976 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Grotius, Hugo 1583-1645
/ Locke, John 1632-1704
/ Malthus, Thomas Robert 1766-1834
/ Smith, Adam 1723-1790
/ Bible
/ Reception
/ Capitalism
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| Further subjects: | B
Malthus, Thomas Robert
B Smith, Adam B Grotius, Hugo B Bible B Reception B Locke, John B Capitalism |