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The passions and the interests : political arguments for capitalism before its triumph / Albert O. Hirschman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hirschman, Albert O.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Capitalism--History.
- Capitalism.
- History.
- Intellectual life--History.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 153 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- Twentieth anniversary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests - so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice - was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation for the rise of capitalism, one that emphasizes the continuities between old and new, in contrast to the assumption of a sharp break that is a common feature of both Marxian and Weberian thinking. To portray this lengthy ideological change as an endogenous process, Hirschman draws on the writings of a large number of thinkers, including Montesquieu, Sir James Steuart, and Adam Smith.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-146) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1400848512
- 9781400848515
- Publisher Number:
- 99963249294
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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