1st Edition
Capitalism and Religion in World History Purification and Progress
Part One: Predation, Fire and Prices 1. Idealism and Materialism in Economic History 2. Axial Thought Traditions: From Heroic Myth to Social Control 3. The Pendulum Swing in the Greek Axial Age 4. God as King in Jewish Monotheism 5. Predation, Gift Exchange, and Markets in the Roman Empire 6. One God, One Emperor Part Two: Merchant Capitalism 7. Islamic Merchant Capitalism 8. The Pendulum Swings of the High and Late Medieval West 9. Mercantilism and the Pendulum Swing 10. Japanese Merchant Capitalism Part Three: Technological Capitalism 11. The Pendulum Swing in Natural Philosophy 12. Nationalism and Imperialism Part Four: Implications 13. Religious Nationalism and Technological Capitalism 14. Religious Civil War and the Religion Trap 15. Conclusions
Biography
Carl Mosk is Emeritus Professor at the University of Victoria, Canada.
