The Enchantments of Mammon: How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity
- ISBN-10
- 0674242777
- ISBN-13
- 9780674242777
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 768
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-11-12
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Eugene McCarraher
Description
Eugene McCarraher challenges the conventional view of capitalism as a force for disenchantment. From Puritan and evangelical valorizations of profit to the heavenly Fordist city, the mystically animated corporation, and the deification of the market, capitalism has hijacked our intrinsic longing for divinity, laying hold to our souls.
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