Augustine and the Economy of Sacrifice: Ancient and Modern Perspectives
Provides the first book-length treatment of what Augustinian thought has to offer contemporary economic theory.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781108481397 |
| Summary: | Provides the first book-length treatment of what Augustinian thought has to offer contemporary economic theory. Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Work of Parting -- Economy -- Acknowledging Community -- Augustine and Contemporary Economic Culture -- Structure -- 1 Mortal Economies -- Growing Desire -- Weber's Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of the Earthly City -- Negotiating Peace -- 2 Unacknowledged Sacrifices -- Sustaining Life -- Girard, Jay, and the Logic of Disingenuous Communion -- Rethinking Corporate Sources -- Attempting a Partial Incarnation -- 3 Sacrificial Acknowledgment -- Accepting the End in the Means -- Augustine, Cicero, and Plato on Dying -- The Punishment of Death: Augustine and the Platonists -- The Flesh of Christ in the Books of the Platonists -- 4 Sacrificial Community -- Finding Friends -- Augustine and Ascetics on the Fidelity of Parting -- Fleshing Out the Vision of God -- Rethinking Walls: Augustine and the Platonists on the Common Good -- 5 Sacrificial Economy -- Making a Detached Offering -- Augustine and the Perfection of Sacrifice -- Sacrifice at Ostia -- Offering All: Augustine, Thoreau, Cavell, and the Discovery of Detachment -- Conclusion -- Works Cited -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 110858425X |