The Origins of Neoliberalism : Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault.
Leshem, Dotan.
The Origins of Neoliberalism : Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Economy Before Christ -- 1. From Oikos to Ecclesia -- 2. Modeling the Economy -- 3. Economy and Philosophy -- 4. Economy and Politics -- 5. Economy and the Legal Framework -- 6. From Ecclesiastical to Market Economy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Dotan Leshem reveals the role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. Beginning with early Christianity engagement with economic knowledge, he follows the secularization of economics in liberal and neoliberal theory. Only by relocating the origins of modernity in late antiquity, Leshem argues, can we confront neoliberalism.
9780231541749
Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Electronic books.
BR115.E3.L39 2016
330.01
The Origins of Neoliberalism : Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (245 pages)
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Economy Before Christ -- 1. From Oikos to Ecclesia -- 2. Modeling the Economy -- 3. Economy and Philosophy -- 4. Economy and Politics -- 5. Economy and the Legal Framework -- 6. From Ecclesiastical to Market Economy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Dotan Leshem reveals the role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. Beginning with early Christianity engagement with economic knowledge, he follows the secularization of economics in liberal and neoliberal theory. Only by relocating the origins of modernity in late antiquity, Leshem argues, can we confront neoliberalism.
9780231541749
Economics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Electronic books.
BR115.E3.L39 2016
330.01