Moral Economies

Hrsg. von/edited by Ute Frevert. Mit Beiträgen von Ute Frevert, Laurence Fontaine, Mischa Suter, Anna Danilina, Björn Blaß, Thomas Rohringer, Reinhild Kreis und Till Großmann.

Acht Beiträge, davon drei auf Deutsch und fünf auf Englisch. Is there a moral economy of capitalism? The term "moral economy" was coined in pre-capitalist times and does not refer to economy as we know it today. It was only in the nineteenth century that economy came to mean the production and circulation of goods and services. At the same time, the term started to be used in an explicitly critical tone: references to moral economy were normally critical of modern forms of economy, which were purportedly lacking in morals. In our times, too, the morality of capitalism is often the topic of debate and controversy. "Moral Economies" engages in these debates. Using historical case studies from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries the book discusses the degree to which economic actions and decisions were permeated with moral, good-vs-bad classifications. Moreover it shows how strongly antiquity's concept of "embedded" economy is still powerful in modernity. The model for this was often the private household, in which moral, social, and economic behavior patterns were intertwined. The DIY movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries was still oriented towards this model, thereby criticizing capitalism on moral grounds. 237 Seiten, broschiert (Geschichte und Gesellschaft; Sonderheft 26/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2019) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear