Civilizing Money: Hume, His Monetary Project, and the Scottish Enlightenment

by George Caffentzis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745341527
• ISBN13: 9780745341521
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"