Thomas Aquinas on Risk in Economic Activity: Mapping, Typologies, and Dynamic Structure - Hardcover

Januard, Pierre

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3031838246 ISBN 13: 9783031838248

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025

Synopsis

This book provides a detailed look at Thomas Aquinas’s view and understanding of economic activity. The work of Aquinas, one of the greatest thinkers of the Middle Ages, is contextualised within his own experiences, the history of the era, and the socio-economic changes underway in 13th-century Europe. Particular attention is paid to Aquinas’s approach to risk, mapping out the different forms of risk he addresses, establishing typologies, and presenting it as a dynamic structure.

This book offers unique insight into the economic work of Thomas Aquinas. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, economic analysis of risk, medieval studies, philosophy, and theology.

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About the Author

Pierre Januard is a Professor Aggregato of Economics at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and a Researcher at PHARE, University                                Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

From the Back Cover

This book provides a detailed look at Thomas Aquinas’s view and understanding of economic activity. The work of Aquinas, one of the greatest thinkers of the Middle Ages, is contextualised within his own experiences, the history of the era, and the socio-economic changes underway in 13th-century Europe. Particular attention is paid to Aquinas’s approach to risk, mapping out the different forms of risk he addresses, establishing typologies, and presenting it as a dynamic structure.

This book offers unique insight into the economic work of Thomas Aquinas. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, economic analysis of risk, medieval studies, philosophy, and theology.

 

Pierre Januard is a Professor Aggregato of Economics at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) and a Researcher at PHARE, University                                Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3031838246
• ISBN 13: 9783031838248
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 157