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The Passions and the Interests

- Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph

About The Passions and the Interests

Reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests - so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice - was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691160252
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 192
  • Published:
  • October 5, 2013
  • Edition:
  • Dimensions:
  • 142x215x13 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 250 g.
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Description of The Passions and the Interests

Reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests - so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice - was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man.

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