The Market and the Oikos, : Max Weber: East and West.

Probably the most fundamental relationship in human history is that of the Market versus the Oikos (= the authoritarian ruled house, family, household or the State). Its main features and elements are analysed and newly defined as are its relations with town–country antagonisms or capitalism, nation...

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Superior document:Ideas, history, and modern China ; Volume 18
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden,, Boston: : Brill,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Ideas, History, and Modern China 18.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxix, 411 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The Problem
  • Religion, Capitalism and the Rise of Double-Entry Bookkeeping
  • Market and Oikos: Basics in the West
  • How to Bring Cows to Athens
  • A Fascinating Oikos
  • Oikoïdal Qualities: Rasse, Volk and Nation
  • Market or Oikoïdal Religion: The Case of “Ancient Judaism”
  • Market and Oikos: Basics in the West
  • Settlers Between East and West
  • On the Origin of Market Relations in (Asian) History
  • Town and Country in Chinese History: An Overview
  • Toward a Market–Oikos Theory
  • Old Market-Oikos Theories
  • A Sparring Partner for All Seasons
  • Epilogue.