The Debt of the Living
Ascesis and Capitalism
1st Edition
Published on 20. December 2016
216 pages
978-1-4384-6416-9 (ISBN)
Description
An analysis of theological and philosophical understandings of debt and its role in contemporary capitalism.
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English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
Product notice
Reflowable
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ISBN-13
978-1-4384-6416-9 (9781438464169)
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Persons
Elettra Stimilli is research fellow of theoretical philosophy at Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Arianna Bove is the translator of many books, including Factory of Strategy: Thirty-Three Lessons on Lenin, by Antonio Negri.
Content
Foreword to the English Translation
Preface to the English Translation
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The End in Itself of the Economic Enterprise
2. Oikonomía and Asceticism
3. The Theological Construction of the Government of the World
4. Voluntary Poverty on the Market
5. Capitalism as Religion
6. A Philosophical Critique of Asceticism
7. The Spirit of Capitalism and Forms of Life
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Preface to the English Translation
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The End in Itself of the Economic Enterprise
2. Oikonomía and Asceticism
3. The Theological Construction of the Government of the World
4. Voluntary Poverty on the Market
5. Capitalism as Religion
6. A Philosophical Critique of Asceticism
7. The Spirit of Capitalism and Forms of Life
Notes
Bibliography
Index
