of contemporary capitalism, this book draws on the work of Karl Polanyi, and re-reads it for our times. The renowned …-driven transformation of contemporary capitalism. Social and political science scholars will greatly benefit from this timely analysis of … contemporary capitalism. Those researching economic history and the impact of Polanyi's work on the analysis of the modern society …

"This book focuses on the beginnings of capitalism in Central Europe with emphasis on the German speaking areas from … medieval and early modern European histo-ry, the so-called transition debate of feudalism to capitalism, social scien-tists and … transition from feudalism to capitalism by way of comparison and con-trast." …

This book explores how Marx envisaged society after capital(ism) by a close examination of the idea of socialism in the … analysis of capitalism. Instead, Chattopadhyay shows how Marx, in Capital, considered capitalism as a simple transitional …1. Introduction -- 2. Labour, Alienation, and Accumulation in Capitalism -- 3. Capitalism as a Transitional Society …

Fritz Gerlich unternimmt in seinem Werk »Geschichte und Theorie des Kapitalismus« den ambitionierten Versuch, Wesen und … Entstehung des Kapitalismus zu erforschen. Dabei geht er entgegen der damaligen vorherrschenden Meinung davon aus, dass die … Ursprünge des Kapitalismus nicht im Spätmittelalter liegen, sondern im frühen Altertum zu suchen sind. So beginnt auch der erste …

the cardinal regulatory role of the financial sphere in capitalism. Achim Szepanski, following Marx’s analyses, takes … finance seriously. He shows that ‘financialization’ is not a deviation from some ‘good’ industrial capitalism, or a new … mode of production.” — John Milios, Author of The Origins of Capitalism as a Social System The book’s central theme is to …

the book find evidence for the originality and extreme heterogeneity of the forms of capitalism to be observed in …

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Before Capitalism -- Chapter 3. The Protestant Reformation and the Rise of … 10. Capitalism vs. Socialism: A Conflict of Ideas -- Chapter 11. A Conflict of Ideas—continued -- Chapter 12. The Rise of … Corporate Capitalism and its Champions -- Chapter 13. A Brief History of Financial Booms and Bubbles -- Chapter 14. The rise and …