The Politics of Jewish Commerce: Economic Thought and Emancipation in Europe, 1638–1848

ISBN-13: 9780521873932 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 388 str.

Binghamton) Jonathan Karp (State University of New York

Opis

This study demonstrates the centrality of economic rationales to debates on Jews status in Italy, Britain, France, and Germany during the course of two centuries. It delineates the common motifs that informed these discussions. It thus provides the first overview of the political-economic dimensions of the Jewish emancipation literature of this period viewed against the backdrop of broader controversies within European society over the effects of commerce on inherited political values and institutions."

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'This original and thoroughly researched book carefully analyzes debates surrounding the place and role of 'the Jews' in the economy of early modern Western Europe. The end result is a convincing, fresh and careful analysis of three related but potentially explosive topics that are rarely dealt with appropriately in academia and beyond: Jews, money and modernity. This is a convincing, learned and path-breaking analysis of several different, yet related, fields that add significantly to the study of early modern Europe, the birth of modern economic and political thought, and the place and role of 'the Jews' in all three of these discourses.' Religious Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. This new-fangled age; 2. From ancient constitution to Mosaic Republic; 3. The new system of commercial government; 4. The natural order of things; 5. A state within a state; 6. The Israelites and the aristocracy; 7. Jews, commerce, and history; 8. Capitalism and the Jews; Afterword: industrialization and beyond.