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"An Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies: the active rejection of the material world. This is evident in a number of cultural projects, including anti-consumerism and asceticism, as well as other att…
"An Archaeology of the Immaterial examines a highly significant but poorly understood aspect of material culture studies: the active rejection of the material world. This is evident in a number of cultural projects, including anti-consumerism and asceticism, as well as other att…
An analysis of theological and philosophical understandings of debt and its role in contemporary capitalism.
The end in itself of the economic enterprise -- Oikonomía and asceticism -- The ontological construction of the government of the world -- Voluntary poverty on the market -- Capitalism as religion -- A philosophical critique of asceticism -- The spirit of capitalism and forms of…
Max Weber's account of the rise of capitalism focused on his concept of a Protestant ethic, valuing diligence in earning and saving money but restraint in spending it. However, such individual restraint is foreign to contemporary understandings of finance, which treat ever-incre…
Offers an innovative reading of Plato, analyzing his metaphysical, ethical, and political commitments in connection with feminist critiques. For centuries, it has been the prevailing view that in prioritizing the soul, Plato ignores or even abhors the body; however, in Plato and…
The scholarly contributions gathered together in this volume discuss themes related to the cultural, social and ethical dimension of St Gregory Palamas' works. They relate his mystical philosophy and theology to contemporary debates in metaphysics, philosophy of language, ethics…
