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The Passions and the Interests Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph

In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests--so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice--was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation for the rise of capitalism, one that emphasizes the continuities between old and new, in contrast to the assumption of a sharp break that is a common feature of both Marxian and Weberian thinking. Amo.

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  • "Justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
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  • "In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests --so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice --was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation for the rise of capitalism, one that emphasizes the continuities between old and new, in contrast to the assumption of a sharp break that is a common feature of both Marxian and Weberian thinking. Among the insights presented here is the ironical finding that capitalism was originally supposed to accomplish exactly what was soon denounced as its worst feature: the repression of the passions in favor of the "harmless," if one-dimensional, interests of commercial life. To portray this lengthy ideological change as an endogenous process, Hirschman draws on the writings of a large number of thinkers, including Montesquieu, Sir James Steuart, and Adam Smith."
  • "In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests--so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice--was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation for the rise of capitalism, one that emphasizes the continuities between old and new, in contrast to the assumption of a sharp break that is a common feature of both Marxian and Weberian thinking. Amo."@en
  • "In this volume, Albert Hirschman reconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests --so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice --was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man. Hirschman here offers a new interpretation for the rise of capitalism, one that emphasizes the continuities between old and new, in contrast to the assumption of a sharp break that is a common feature of both Marxian and Weberian thinking. Am."@en
  • "Présentation de l'éditeur : "« Deux constatations sont à l'origine du présent essai. La première est que la science sociale de notre temps n'est pas parvenue à élucider la question des conséquences politiques de la croissance économique. La seconde est que ces conséquences sont souvent désastreuses quel que soit le régime (capitaliste, socialiste ou mixte) qui préside à la croissance. C'est sans doute ce deuxième fait qui a été déterminant. » Cette étude, sous-titrée Justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée, est une réflexion à la fois historique, politique, philosophique et économique sur les ressources de la pensée sociale des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Intitulée « Comment, pour combattre les passions, on fera appel aux intérêts », la première partie est une analyse des différents systèmes de la pensée économique. La seconde est consacrée aux auteurs qui, comme Montesquieu et James Steuart, ont le mieux approfondi ces idées clefs. Enfin, ces analyses conduisent l'auteur à une nouvelle manière de concevoir l'esprit du capitalisme et les conditions qui l'ont vu naître, puis à esquisser quelques réflexions sur les leçons que nous pourrions en tirer aujourd'hui.""
  • "Albert Otto Hirschman, economista, sociologo, storico delle idee, mette a fuoco il principio intorno al quale girava, e gira, la politica moderna: l'interesse. Hirschman non sottovaluta il ruolo svolto dalle motivazioni materiali in altre epoche storiche, ma sostiene che i moderni siano stati gli unici nella storia a teorizzare sistematicamente la "naturalità" dell'interesse come spontanea e benefica. Non solo: sono stati anche i soli che abbiano presentato come una necessità politica, economica e sociale la sostituzione dell'egoismo calcolato all'altruismo appassionato. Hirschman ricostruisce la genealogia storico-culturale del moderno concetto di interesse, indicando gli autori che tra il Cinquecento e il Settecento (grosso modo da Machiavelli a Smith) ne avrebbero giustificato il ruolo positivo nella vita sociale, economica e politica. Due fattori avrebbero giocato un ruolo determinante: la tesi della forza pacificatrice degli interessi (nel senso che mentre lo scontro fra le passioni può provocare conflitti, il misurato calcolo degli interessi in gioco può evitarli) e la capacita dei moderni di tradurre, grazie alla diffusione del denaro, l'interesse in termini di guadagni e perdite monetarie, oggettivamente quantificabili. Un libro fondamentale per capire l'attualita economica e politica."

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  • "As paixões e os interesses : argumentos polĩticos a favor do capitalismo, antes do seu triunfo"
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  • "Pasiones y los intereses argumentos politicos en favor del capitalismo antes de su triunfo"
  • "Les passions et les intérets : justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
  • "The Passions and the interests : political arguments for capitalism before its triumph"
  • "Leidenschaften und Interessen : politische Begründungen des Kapitalismus vor seinem Sieg"
  • "Le passioni e gli interessi argomenti politici in favore del Capitalismo prima del suo trionfo"
  • "Les passions et les intérêts : justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée; traduit de l'anglais par Pierre Andler"
  • "The Passions and the Interests Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph"@en
  • "The Passions and the Interests Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph"
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  • "Las Pasiones y los intereses : argumentos políticos en favor del capitalismo previos a su triunfo"
  • "Les passions et les intérêts justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
  • "Las pasiones y los intereses: Argumentos políticos en favor del capitalismo previos a su triunfo"
  • "Les Passions et les intérets : Justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
  • "Les passions et les intérêts : justifications politiques du capitalism avant son apogeé"
  • "The passions and the interests : Political arguments for capitalism before its triumph"
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  • "Las pasiones y los intereses"
  • "Passions and the Interests Political Arguments for Capitalism before Its Triumph (New in Paperback)"@en
  • "Les passions et les intérêts : justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée : [essai]"
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  • "The passions and the Interrests : political arguments for capitalism before its triumph"@en
  • "The Passions and the interests political arguments for capitalism before its triumph"
  • "Le passioni e gli interessi : argomenti politici in favore del capitalismo prima del suo trionfo"
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  • "The passions and the interests : political argumemts for capitalism before its triumph"
  • "Les passions et les intérêts : justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
  • "Les passion et les intérets : justifications politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
  • "Las pasiones y los intereses : argumentos politicos en favor del capitalismo antes de su triunfo"
  • "Les passions et les intérêts : justification politiques du capitalisme avant son apogée"
  • "The passions and the interests political arguments for capitalism before its triumph"@en
  • "The passions and the interests political arguments for capitalism before its triumph"
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