The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Modern European Thought - Hardcover

Muller, Jerry Z.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375414118 ISBN 13: 9780375414114

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Traces the history of the capitalist idea in western thought, from its origins in the ancient classical world and medieval Christianity to its flowering from 1700 to the present day, revealing how philosophers and theorists have influenced the ways in which the market can affect society and analyzing the moral, cultural, and political impact of capitalism. 15,000 first printing.

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Review:

"A magisterial contribution to the history of ideas."--Peter L. Berger, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture

"Comprehensive, lucidly analytical, and splendidly, admirably objective."--Howard M. Sachar, author of A History of Israel and Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War

"Thanks to Muller's sensitive and critical guidance, we come away knowing the subject far better than would otherwise be possible."--David S. Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

About the Author:

Jerry Z. Muller is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He is the author of The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservatism; Adam Smith in His Time and Ours: Designing the Decent Society; and Conservatism: An Anthology of Social and Political Thought from David Hume to the Present. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375414118
• ISBN 13: 9780375414114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 487