Capitalism
The Story behind the Word
$41.20
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2022
Summary
How the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politics.
What exactly is capitalism? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time? And what’s at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? In Capitalism, Michael Sonenscher examines the history behind the concept and pieces together the range of subjects bound up with the word. Sonenscher shows that many of our received ideas fail to pick up the work that the idea of capita…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691237206 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0691237204 |
| Author: | Michael Sonenscher |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 310g |
Critics Review
“A thorough summary of the Western thinkers who most influenced today’s understanding of capitalism.”
“A thorough summary of the Western thinkers who most influenced today’s understanding of capitalism.” * Library Journal *
“Provocative… . [Capitalism] will provoke much discussion in the fields of modern intellectual thought, political economy and various stripes of global history.”—Tom F. Wright, Times Literary Supplement
“Sonenscher astutely calls our attention to the original meaning of capitaliste and its implications.”—Martyn Ross, Applied Political Theory
“This page-turner book, which is well written and accessible even to a nonspecialist audience, can certainly help to define the capitalist system more clearly through a refined critical approach.”—Giampaolo Conte, Journal of European Economic History
“Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word, offers a much-needed historical account of the contentious concept and encourages a reframing of current political discussion. The book provides a fascinating backstory by revisiting little-known nineteenth- century debates about commercial society and the division of labour, terms which—though distinct at their conception—were gradually subsumed under the broader ‘problem of capitalism’.”—Joel Byman, Politics and Poetics
“This page-turner book, which is well written and accessible even to a nonspecialist audience, can certainly help to define the capitalist system more clearly through a refined critical approach.”—Giampaolo Conte, The Journal of European Economic History
Michael Sonenscher
Michael Sonenscher is a fellow of King’s College, University of Cambridge. His books include Sans-Culottes and Before the Deluge (both Princeton).
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