Economic sociology is a rapidly expanding field, applying sociology's core insight--that individuals behave according to scripts that are tied to social roles--to economic behavior. It places homo economicus (that tried-and-true fictive actor who is completely rational, acts only out of...

"In SLOW DOWN, Kohei Saito delivers a bold and urgent call for a return to Marxism in order to stop climate change. Here he argues that by returning to a system of social ownership, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACES -- Preface to the English Edition 14 -- Preface to the First German Edition 20 -- Afterword to the Second German Edition 26 -- Preface to the French Edition 38 -- Afterword to the French Edition 39 -- Preface to the Third German Edition 40 -- Preface to the Fourth...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Editor's Introduction -- Preface to the First German Edition -- Afterword to the Second German Edition -- PART I: COMMODITIES AND MONEY -- Chapter 1 - Commodities -- Section 1. The Two Factors of a Commodity: Use-value and Value 36 -- Section 2. The Two-fold Character of the...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- CHAPTER I. The Circuit of Money-Capital -- I. First Stage. M-C2 39 -- II. Second Stage. Function of Productive Capital 51 -- III. Third Stage. C'-M' 56 -- IV. The Circuit as a Whole 70 -- CHAPTER II. The Circuit of Productive...