The Devil's Riches : : A Modern History of Greed / / Jared Poley.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Poley, Jared,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association ; 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION The Devil’s Riches: A Modern History of Greed --; CHAPTER ONE Greed and Avarice before Absolutism --; CHAPTER TWO The Confessionalization of an Emotion --; CHAPTER THREE Greed and the Law in the Seventeenth Century --; CHAPTER FOUR Greed, Consumerism, and the State --; CHAPTER FIVE Greed and the Oscillations between Liberalism and Socialism --; CHAPTER SIX Greed and the New Spiritualism --; CHAPTER SEVEN The Psychology and Psychoanalysis of Greed --; Conclusions: Greed and History --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785331275; 9783110998221
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785331275?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jared Poley.

A seeming constant in the history of capitalism, greed has nonetheless undergone considerable transformations over the last five hundred years. This multilayered account offers a fresh take on an old topic, arguing that greed was experienced as a moral phenomenon and deployed to make sense of an unjust world. Focusing specifically on the interrelated themes of religion, economics, and health—each of which sought to study and channel the power of financial desire—Jared Poley shows how evolving ideas about greed became formative elements of the modern experience.