The Culture of Capitalism

Alan Macfarlane (Author)

9780631165576, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 24 August 1989

272 pages
22.5 x 14.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.397 kg

The Culture of Capitalism explores original perspectives on capitalist society.

• Argues that capitalism is more than an economic system, but is a culture that affects social, material, and even spiritual bases of existence
• Draws on research generated by detailed historical community studies as well as literature on non-western societies
• Explores the nature of evil, attitudes toward love and family, population change, violence, and more
• Questions the origin and cause of capitalist ideology

Chapter 1 Peasants

Subject Areas: History [HB]