1st Edition

Restructuring Capitalism Materialism and Spiritualism in Business

By Rogene Buchholz Copyright 2017
572 Pages
by Routledge

572 Pages
by Routledge

572 Pages
by Routledge

The main theme of this book is that, within contemporary capitalist societies a materialist outlook informed by science has triumphed creating the lack of a spiritual dimension to give meaning and purpose to the activities that are necessary for a capitalist society to function effectively. Capitalist societies are in trouble and need to be restructured to provide for the material needs of all... Read more

Part 1. The Crises of Capitalism

1. The Material Crisis of Capitalism

2. The Spiritual Crisis of Capitalism

3. The Crisis of Politics and Nature

Part 2. Sources of Spirituality

4. Religion

5. The New Atheism

6. Secular Sources of Spirituality

7. Spirituality in the Workplace

Part 3. Critiques of Capitalism

8. Marxist Theory

9. Critical Theory

Part 4. Spirituality and Society

10. The Scientific Worldview

11. The Mind-Body Problem

12. Science and Nature

13. Ideology and Politics

Part 5. Restructuring Capitalism

14. The Power of Numbers

15. The Market and Public Policy

16 .The Spirit of Capitalism

17. The Future of Capitalism

Biography

Rogene A. Buchholz is the Legendre-Soule Chair in Business Ethics Emeritus in the College of Business Administration at Loyola University New Orleans. He has published over seventy-five articles and is the author or co-author of twelve books in the areas of business and public policy, business ethics, and the environment.