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Overview'Capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' - Peter Linebaugh Taking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume as its subject, this book breaks new ground in focusing its lens on a little-studied aspect of Hume's thinking: his understanding of money. George Caffentzis makes both an intervention in the field of monetary philosophy and into Marxian conceptions of the relation between philosophy and capitalist development. He vividly charts the ways in which Hume's philosophy directly informed the project of 'civilizing' the people of the Scottish Highlands and pacifying the English proletariat in response to the revolts of both groups at the heart of the empire. Built on careful historical and philosophical detective work, Civilizing Money offers a stimulating and radical political reading of the ways in which Hume's fundamental philosophical claims performed concrete political functions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: George Caffentzis , Peter LinebaughPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Weight: 0.518kg ISBN: 9780745341514ISBN 10: 0745341519 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 20 July 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Foreword An Autobiographical Preface Introduction: Who is a Philosopher of Money? PART I: HUME AND HIS CLASS'S PROBLEMATIC 1. On the Scottish Origins of Civilization 2. Civilizing the Highlands: Hume, Money and the Annexing Act 3. Hume’s Monetary Education in Bristol PART II: HUME'S PHILOSOPHY AND HIS STRATEGY 4. Why was Hume a Metallist? 5. Did Hume read Berkeley’s The Querist? Notions and Conventions in their Philosophies of Money 6. Fiction or Counterfeit? Specie or Paper? 7. Wages and Money: Pegasus’ Mirror Conclusion: Locke, Berkeley and Hume as Philosophers of Money Coda: A Critique of Marx’s Thesis 11 on Feuerbach Notes Bibliography IndexReviews'Caffentzis has been the philosopher of the anticapitalist movement from the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. A historian of our own times, he carries the political wisdom of the twentieth century into the twenty-first. Here is capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time' -- Peter Linebaugh, author of 'The Magna Carta Manifesto' (University of California Press, 2008) Author InformationGeorge Caffentzis is a co-founder of the Midnight Notes Collective and coordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA). Caffentzis was a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine for over thirty years before retirement. He is the author of Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government and Civilizing Money. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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