The devil's riches
Subtitle: a modern history of greed
By: Jared Poley
Series: Spektrum : publications of the German Studies Association -- Volume 11
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781785331268; 9781785331275
Subjects: Avarice; History
Description: A seeming contant in the history of capitalism, greed has nonetheless undergone considerable transformations over the last five hundred years. This multilayered account offers a fresh take on an old topic, arguing that greed was experienced as a moral phenomenon and deployed to make sense of an unjust world. Focusing specifically on the interrelated themes of religion, economics, and health - each of which sought to study and channel the power of financial desire - Jared Poley shows how evolving ideas about greed became formative elements of the modern experience. -- from back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A modern history of greed: religion, economics, health; title: Greed and avarice before absolutism; title: The confessionalization of an emotion; title: Greed and the law in the seventeenth century; title: Greed, consumerism, and the state; title: Greed and the oscillations between liberalism and socialism; title: Greed and the new spiritualism; title: The psychology and psychoanalysis of greed; title: Greed and history.