Idols of Nations: Biblical Myth at the Origins of Capitalism

by Roland Boer and Christina Petterson

Roland Boer and Christina Petterson here produce a critical survey showing that the rise of capitalist theory was shaped by the way different economic philosophersSmith, Hobbes, Grotius, Malthus, Lockeread the Bible. Invoking Jeremiah (14:22) and Adam Smithwho took the title of his Wealth of Nations from Isaiah (61:6; 66:12)they show that early theories of capitalism were shaped by particular assumptions that these theorists brought...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451465440
• ISBN13: 9781451465440
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"