Enchantments of Mammon - How Capitalism Became the Religion of Modernity

Eugene McCarraher challenges the conventional view of capitalism as a force for disenchantment. From Puritan and evangelical valorizations of profit to the heavenly Fordist city, the mystically animated corporation, and the deification of the market, capitalism has hijacked our intrinsic longing for divinity, laying hold to our souls.

About the author

Eugene McCarraher is Associate Professor of Humanities at Villanova University and the author of Christian Critics: Religion and the Impasse in Modern American Social Thought. He has written for Dissent and The Nation and contributes regularly to Commonweal, The Hedgehog Review, and Raritan. His work on The Enchantments of Mammon was supported by fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies.

Summary

Eugene McCarraher challenges the conventional view of capitalism as a force for disenchantment. From Puritan and evangelical valorizations of profit to the heavenly Fordist city, the mystically animated corporation, and the deification of the market, capitalism has hijacked our intrinsic longing for divinity, laying hold to our souls.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene McCarraher, McCarraher Eugene
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780674271098
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27109-8
• No. of pages: 816
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, RELIGION / Philosophy, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Capitalism, Christianity, Economic history, History of Religion, Church history, Philosophy of religion, History of the Americas