Money Matters - Economics and the German Cultural Imagination, 1770-1850 (Hardcover)

In Money Matters, Richard Gray investigates the discourses of aesthetics and philosophy alongside economic thought, arguing that their domains are not mutually exclusive. The transition in Germany from an agrarian or proto-industrial economy to a capitalist industrial economy, which was paralleled by a shift from the exchange of money in coin to the use of paper currencies, occurred simultaneously with an efflorescence of German-language literature and philosophy. Based on close readings of canonical literary and philosophical texts, Gray explores how this confluence led to a rich cross-fertilization between economic and literary thought in Germany during this period. Money Matters documents the surprising degree to which literature and philosophy participated in the creation of modern economic paradigms, as well as the extent to which economics influenced literature and philosophy. The cultural artifacts of the period demonstrate the existence of an "economic unconsciousness": persistent notions of value and exchange that inflect the aesthetic and thematic dimensions of literary and philosophical texts. This book offers a thought-provoking and original analysis of literature and ideas in the critical transition period from Kant and Goethe, through the German Romantics, to Marx.

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	Richard T. Gray
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-98836-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > General
LSN:	0-295-98836-3
Barcode:	9780295988368

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