Connolly Capitalism and Christianity, American Style

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8123-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

A leading political theorists impassioned call for the democratic left to counter the conservative stranglehold over American religious and economic culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Connolly, William E.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Introduction: The Spirit of Capitalism 1

1. The Volatility of Capitalism 17

2. The Evangelical-Capitalist Resonance Machine 39

3. Between Science and Faith 69

4. Is Eco-egalitarian Capitalism Possible? 93

5. Christianity, Capitalism, and the Tragic 119

Notes 147

Index 169

Über Autor(innen)

William E. Connolly is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. His most recent books include Pluralism, also published by Duke University Press; Neuropolitics: Thinking, Culture, Speed; Why I am Not a Secularist; and The Ethos of Pluralization. His classic study The Terms of Political Discourse won the Benjamin Lippincott Award in 1999. Connolly was the editor of the journal Political Theory from 1980 to 1986.