Mainstream economics fails to grasp the nature of money. It is seen either as a 'neutral veil' over the operation of the 'real' economy or as a 'thing' - a special commodity. This book draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relati…
Mainstream economics fails to grasp the nature of money. It is seen either as a 'neutral veil' over the operation of the 'real' economy or as a 'thing' - a special commodity. This book draws on neglected traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the 'social relati…
Dans cet ouvrage, classique de la sociologie, Simmel analyse l'ambivalence de la modernité. 'S'il doit y avoir une philosophie de l'argent, elle sera en deçà et au-delà d'une science économique de celui-ci ... La genèse de l'argent n'est point ici en cause, elle appartient à l'h…