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Idols of Nations

Name: Idols of Nations
Brand: AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERS
SKU: 9781451465440
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AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERSISBN: 9781451465440

Biblical Myth at the Origins of Capitalism

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By Roland Boer, Christina Petterson
Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Format: PAPERBACK
Dimensions: 229 x 152 mm
Weight: 330 g
Pages: 208

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Roland Boer and Christina Petterson here produce a critical survey showing that the rise of capitalist theory was shaped by the way different economic philosophers - Smith, Hobbes, Grotius, Malthus, Locke - - read the Bible. Invoking Jeremiah (14:22) and Adam Smith - who took the title of his Wealth of Nations from Isaiah (61:6, 66:12) - they show that early theories of capitalism were shaped by particular assumptions that these theorists brought to their readings of the story of Eden in particular. They examine those assumptions and evaluate what has changed in subsequent centuries. Idols of Nations shows that the Bible was central to the theorization and economic thought of these key thinkers as it explores the distinct problems each sought to overcome.

Roland Boer is Xin Ao Professor of Literature at Renmin University of China and Research Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Christina Petterson is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Newcastle, Australia

Preface; Introduction; 1. Hugo Grotius: Rewriting the Narrative of the Fall; 2. John Locke and the Trouble with Adam; 3. Adam Smith the Story-teller; 4. The Lust and Hunger of Thomas Malthus; Conclusion; Bibliography.

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