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050 00 $aHB501$b.L3973 2013
082 04 $a330.12/2$223
100 1 $aLevine, David P.,$d1948-$eauthor.
245 10 $aPathology of the capitalist spirit :$ban essay on greed, hope, and loss /$cDavid Levine.
246 1 $iSubtitle on cover:$aAn essay on greed, loss and hope
264 1 $aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
264 4 $c©2013
300 $aviii, 100 pages ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aPalgrave pivot
520 $aCapital represents our dissatisfaction with the world we live in, what we have and what we don't have, and is therefore hope and desire embodied. "Pathology of the Capitalist Spirit" is about capital and about the economic system that bears its name. In this humanist look at capitalism, Levine explores the meaning of capital as a social reality connected to fundamental human aspirations. The link between capital and the pursuit of a hoped-for state is especially important in light of the stubborn insistence on the part of its critics that capitalism exists to serve the material interests of those whose vocation is to own capital. This misunderstanding ignores what is essential about capital, which is its link not to interests but to hope, especially the hope that by accumulating capital the individual can achieve an attachment to the good. It is this hope that blocks tolerance of any notion that there is something unfair in the capitalist's acquisition of wealth and that fairness can be achieved through its redistribution to others. It is also this hope that animates the capitalist system as a whole. And in that sense, this hope is the spirit of capitalism. To develop this theme, Levine calls on the ideas and writings of major theorists involved with understanding modernity and capitalism: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Joseph Schumpeter.
505 0 $aCapital -- The Disease of the Infinite -- The Spirit of Capitalism -- Creative Destruction -- Political Consequences.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 95-97) and index.
650 0 $aCapitalism$xPhilosophy.
830 0 $aPalgrave pivot.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012474477-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012474477-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1403/2012474477-t.html