Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety
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- Synopsis
- Our global ecological crisis demands that we question the rationality of the culture that has caused it: western modernity's free market capitalism. Philip Goodchild develops arguments from Nietzsche, Adorno, Horkheimer, and Marx, to suggest that our love of Western modernity is an expression of a piety in which capitalism becomes a global religion, in practice, if not always in belief. This book presents a philosophical alternative that demands attention from philosophers, critical theorists, philosophers of religion, theologians, and those in ecological politics.
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 288 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781134459520
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780203398418, 9780415282239, 9780415282239, 9780415282246, 9780415282246
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 06/06/20
- Copyrighted By:
- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Business and Finance
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.