The better Angels Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, And Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class
This book explores, through an ethnographic examination of life stories of wealthy men, a historical analysis of the moral meanings of wealth and power in Western capitalism, and a mapping of different symbolic spaces in contemporary American culture.
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The better Angels Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, And Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class
This book explores, through an ethnographic examination of life stories of wealthy men, a historical analysis of the moral meanings of wealth and power in Western capitalism, and a mapping of different symbolic spaces in contemporary American culture.
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The better Angels Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, And Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class

The better Angels Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, And Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class

by Andrew Herman
The better Angels Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, And Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class

The better Angels Of Capitalism: Rhetoric, Narrative, And Moral Identity Among Men Of The American Upper Class

by Andrew Herman

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This book explores, through an ethnographic examination of life stories of wealthy men, a historical analysis of the moral meanings of wealth and power in Western capitalism, and a mapping of different symbolic spaces in contemporary American culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780367290320
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/13/2019
Pages: 304
Product dimensions: 5.81(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.00(d)

Table of Contents

Mapping the “Better Angels” of Capitalism: Space, Place, and Story in the Moral Economy of Wealth — Story Spaces of Identity: Wealth, Power, and Narrativity in the Everyday — The Mastering of Fortune: Machiavelli, Masculinity, and the Subject of Virtù — How Much Is Enough? Counting and Accounting for Money in the Market as Moral Space — Stewards, Citizens, and Entrepreneurs: Discourses of Philanthropy as Manly Vocation — The "Better Angles" in the End
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