George Caffentzis

Civilizing Money

Hume, his Monetary Project, and the Scottish Enlightenment

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalism

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pluto Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 134mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 292g
• ISBN-13: 9780745341521
• ISBN-10: 0745341527
• Artikelnr.: 59550248

Autorenporträt

George Caffentzis is a co-founder of the Midnight Notes Collective and coordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA). Caffentzis was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine for over thirty years before retirement. He is the author of Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government and Civilizing Money.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Foreword
An Autobiographical Preface
Introduction: Who is a Philosopher of Money?
PART I: HUME AND HIS CLASS'S PROBLEMATIC
1. On the Scottish Origins of Civilization
2. Civilizing the Highlands: Hume, Money and the Annexing Act
3. Hume's Monetary Education in Bristol
PART II: HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND HIS STRATEGY
4. Why was Hume a Metallist?
5. Did Hume read Berkeley's The Querist? Notions and Conventions in their
Philosophies of Money
6. Fiction or Counterfeit? Specie or Paper?
7. Wages and Money: Pegasus' Mirror
Conclusion: Locke, Berkeley and Hume as Philosophers of Money
Coda: A Critique of Marx's Thesis 11 on Feuerbach
Notes
Bibliography
Index