Value of Money

A metaphysical investigation of money and monetary value, exploring money as a social phenomenon, the metaphysics of financial value, materialism and measurement.

List of contents

Part 1: The Ontology of Money / 1. What is Money? / 2. On Monetary Value / 3. Materialism and Measurement / 4. Is it Real? / Part 2: Money in the World / 5. Money and Inequality / 6. Money and Gender / 7. Alternative Currencies / Bibliography / Index

About the author

Eyja M. Brynjarsdottir is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iceland.

Summary

A metaphysical investigation of money and monetary value, exploring money as a social phenomenon, the metaphysics of financial value, materialism and measurement.

Product details

• Authors: Eyja M. Brynjarsdottir, Eyja M. Brynjarsdóttir, Brynjarsdottir Eyja M
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781783482351
• ISBN: 978-1-78348-235-1
• Series: Values and Identities: Crossing Philosophical Borders; Values and Identities: Crossing Philosophical Borders
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy