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The origins of capitalism as a social system : the prevalence of an aleatory encounter

Mهelios, Giannهes, author

Overview

Economists, historians and social scientists have offered a variety of conflicting answers to the issue of the beginnings of capitalism and these deviating answers imply different conceptualizations of what capitalism actually is. This book provides a simultaneous inquiry into the origins of capitalism as well as provides a theoretical treatise on capitalism. The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System explores the line between what is and is not capitalism, (re)producing a theory of capitalism as a system of class domination and exploitation. Part I of the book focuses on the monetary theory of value and capital developed by Karl Marx, while at the same time critically reviews an array of economic and historical literature, both Marxist and non-Marxist. Following this, Part II expounds the first emergence of capitalism in Venice. It highlights the historical contingencies that made capitalism in the Venetian society possible, as well as the structural elements of the capitalist system and their interconnectedness. Finally, Part III discusses the capitalist character of the Venetian social formation from the end of the fourteenth century until the fall of the republic to Napoleon in 1797. As part of this, the author investigates the significance of forms of governmentality beyond national cohesion and territorialization.

• Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Capitalism History. / Economic history. / Social systems History. / Capitalism. / Social systems.
• ISBN: 9781138036703, 1138036706, 9780367894672

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HB501.M5596 2018	1	BOOK	BUSINESS