Capitalism and Religion in World History - Purification and Progress

List of contents

Part One: Predation, Fire and Prices 1. Idealism and Materialism in Economic History 2. Axial Thought Traditions: From Heroic Myth to Social Control 3. The Pendulum Swing in the Greek Axial Age 4. God as King in Jewish Monotheism 5. Predation, Gift Exchange, and Markets in the Roman Empire 6. One God, One Emperor Part Two: Merchant Capitalism 7. Islamic Merchant Capitalism 8. The Pendulum Swings of the High and Late Medieval West 9. Mercantilism and the Pendulum Swing 10. Japanese Merchant Capitalism Part Three: Technological Capitalism 11. The Pendulum Swing in Natural Philosophy 12. Nationalism and Imperialism Part Four: Implications 13. Religious Nationalism and Technological Capitalism 14. Religious Civil War and the Religion Trap 15. Conclusions

About the author

Carl Mosk is Emeritus Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada.

Summary

Had a second form of capitalism - technological capitalism - not emerged binding science to innovation, harmony between faith and capitalism might have prevailed.

Product details

• Authors: Mosk Carl, Carl Mosk, Carl (University of Victoria Mosk, Mosk Carl
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367348953
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34895-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Asia, HISTORY / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Economic history, History of Religion, Asian History, General and world history