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The Roots of Western Finance
Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World
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2017
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In The Roots of Western Finance: Power, Ethics, and Social Capital in the Ancient World, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an anthropological approach to credit. They suggest that financial activities occur in a complex milieu, in which specific parties, with particular motives, achieve their goals using a form of social, cultural, or economic agency. They examine the imbrication of finance and hidden interests in Mesopotamia, ancient Egypt, classical Greece and Rome, the early Judeo-Christian traditions, and the Islamic world to illuminate the ties between social, ethical, and financial institutions. This unique breadth of research provides new perspectives on Mesopotamian ways of incentivizing production through financial arrangements, the source of Egyptian surpluses, linguistics and usury, metrological influences on finance, and the enduring importance of honor and social capital. This book not only illustrates the particular cultural logics that drove these ancient economies, it also depicts how modern society’s financial techniques, ethics, and concerns with justice are attributable to a rich multicultural history.
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Edition
1/2017
Copyright year
2017
ISBN-Print
978-1-4985-4581-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4985-4582-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
284
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Ch01. Mesopotamian Roots of the Modern Financial System No access Pages 1 - 34
Ch02. Mesopotamian Financial Innovations No access Pages 35 - 68
Ch03. Financing Ancient Egypt’s Organizational Economy No access Pages 69 - 120
Ch04. Finance and Social Capital in Classical Greece and Rome No access Pages 121 - 162
Ch05. Justice to Altruism No access Pages 163 - 186
Ch06. Islamic Finances and the Eastern Mediterranean No access Pages 187 - 234
Conclusion No access Pages 235 - 242
Appendix: Technologies of Power and the Metrology of Grain Storage in the Ancient Near East No access Pages 243 - 254
