Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word Sonenscher Michael
Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word Sonenscher Michael Tracking the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politicsWhat exactly is capitalism? And what's at stake in our…
Specifikacia Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word Sonenscher Michael
Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word Sonenscher Michael
Tracking the history of a word sheds new light on capitalism and modern politicsWhat exactly is capitalism? And what's at stake in our understanding or misunderstanding of it? How has the meaning of capitalism changed over time?
Sonenscher shows that many of our received ideas fail to pick up the work that the idea of capitalism is doing for us, without us even realizing it. In Capitalism, Michael Sonenscher examines the history behind the concept and pieces together the range of subjects bound up with the word. "Capitalism" was first coined in France in the early nineteenth century.
It began as a fusion of two distinct sets of ideas. The first involved thinking about public debt and war finance. The second involved thinking about the division of labor.
Sonenscher shows that thinking about the first has changed radically over time. Funding welfare has been