Civilizing Money - Hume, His Monetary Project, and the Scottish Enlightenment

An engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalism

List of contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Foreword

An Autobiographical Preface

Introduction: Who is a Philosopher of Money?

PART I: HUME AND HIS CLASS'S PROBLEMATIC

1. On the Scottish Origins of Civilization

2. Civilizing the Highlands: Hume, Money and the Annexing Act

3. Hume's Monetary Education in Bristol

PART II: HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND HIS STRATEGY

4. Why was Hume a Metallist?

5. Did Hume read Berkeley's The Querist? Notions and Conventions in their Philosophies of Money

6. Fiction or Counterfeit? Specie or Paper?

7. Wages and Money: Pegasus' Mirror

Conclusion: Locke, Berkeley and Hume as Philosophers of Money

Coda: A Critique of Marx's Thesis 11 on Feuerbach

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

George Caffentzis is a co-founder of the Midnight Notes Collective and coordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA). Caffentzis was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine for over thirty years before retirement. He is the author of Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government and Civilizing Money.

Summary

An engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalism

Product details

• Authors: George Caffentzis, Caffentzis George
• Assisted by: Peter Linebaugh (Foreword)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780745341521
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4152-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, Political Economy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Economic theory and philosophy, For higher / tertiary / university education, Monetary Theory; Philosophy; Enlightenment; Hume