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The Origins of Neoliberalism : Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780231541749
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Origins of NeoliberalismDDC classification:
  • 330.01
LOC classification:
  • BR115.E3.L39 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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