The Culture of Capitalism explores original perspectives on capitalist society. Argues that capitalism is more than an economic system, but is a culture that affects social, material, and even spiritual bases of existenceDraws on research generated by detailed historical community studies as well as literature on non-western societiesExplores the nature of evil, attitudes toward love and family, population change, violence, and moreQuestions the origin and cause of capitalist ideology
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Concerned with the origins of capitalism and the conditions that accompanied its birth, this work argues that capitalism is more than an economic system: it is a culture that affects not just the material but also the social, familial and even spiritual bases of existence.
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Chapter 1 Peasants Chapter 2 Population Chapter 3 Violence Chapter 4 Nature Chapter 5 Evil Chapter 6 Love Chapter 7 Revolution Chapter 8 Capitalism Postscript Appendix Bibliography Index
As both a historian and an anthropologist, Alan Macfarlane is able to explore capitalist society from a number of original perspectives. It is the essence of his argument that capitalism is more than an economic system: it is a culture that affects not just the material but also the social, familial, and even spiritual bases of existence. Drawing on new research data generated by detailed historical community studies, and literature on non-western societies, he offers searching observations on the origins of modern civilization. He considers, for example, the nature of evil, attitudes towards love and family, the phenomenon of violence, population change and revolution, and how we have come both to dominate and to revere the natural world. His investigations of these subjects lead him towards the answers to two crucial questions: where did capitalism come from, and why?
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780631165576
Publisert
1989-08-24
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
397 gr
Høyde
225 mm
Bredde
146 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
272

Forfatter

Biographical note

Alan Macfarlane is Reader in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of King's College.