Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Passions and the InterestsCondition: NewEAN: 9780691160252ISBN: 9780691160252Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 10/06/2013Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 170gAuthor: Albert O. HirschmanContributor: Amartya Sen (Foreword by), Jeremy Adelman (Afterword by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its TriumphISBN-10: 0691160252Description: 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. Among the insights presented here is the ironical finding that capitalism was originally supposed to accomplish exactly what was soon denounced as its worst feature: the repression of the passions in favor of the "harmless," if one-dimensional, interests of commercial life. 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.Featuring a new afterword by Jeremy Adelman and a foreword by Amartya Sen, this Princeton Classics edition of The Passions and the Interests sheds light on the intricate ideological transformation from which capitalism emerged triumphant, and reaffirms Hirschman's stature as one of our most influential and provocative thinkers.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Business & FinanceBook Series: Princeton ClassicsRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Passions and the Interests
Title: The Passions and the Interests
EAN: 9780691160252
ISBN: 9780691160252
Release Date: 10/06/2013
Release Year: 2013
Contributor: Jeremy Adelman (Afterword by)
Subtitle: Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
ISBN-10: 0691160252
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Series: Princeton Classics
Book Title: Passions and the Interests : Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Topic: Civilization, Modern / 18th Century, Economic History, Modern / 17th Century
Item Height: 0.4 in
Features: Revised
Genre: Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 6 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Alberto. Hirschman
Book Series: Princeton Classics Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
