The Passions and the Interests Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph |
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Author:
| Hirschman, Albert O. |
Foreword by:
| Sen, Amartyá |
Afterword by:
| Adelman, Jeremy |
Series title: | Princeton Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-691-16025-2 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $20.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.