Capitalism and Christianity

ISBN-13: 9781032524016 / Twarda / 2023 / 136 str.

Luigino Bruni

Opis

Drawing on debates about the religious nature and origins of contemporary European capitalism, this book argues for a distinction between a Northern/Protestant and a Southern/Catholic spirit of capitalism. This book will be of interest to readers in history of economic thought, history of capitalism, economic ethics and religious history.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction. At the beginning …   Chapter 2. The Economy and the Civilization of Monasticism      Chapter 3. Francesco’s Economy   Chapter 4. Some MiddleAge issues   Chapter 5. Luther, the Reformation and the Modern Spirit of Capitalism   Chapter 6. Jansenism and anthropological pessimism in the birth of Political Economy   Chapter 7. The Economic Spirit of the North   Chapter 8. The Spirit of the South: Civil Economy   Chapter 9. The Economics of anti-modernity: the case of Giuseppe Toniolo   Conclusion

O autorze

Luigino Bruni is Full Professor in Political Economy, Department of Law, Economics, Politics and Modern languages, University LUMSA, Rome, Italy.