{"product_id":"the-passions-and-the-interests-9780691160252","title":"The Passions and the Interests","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReconstructs the intellectual climate of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to illuminate the intricate ideological transformation that occurred, wherein the pursuit of material interests - so long condemned as the deadly sin of avarice - was assigned the role of containing the unruly and destructive passions of man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hirschman's volume stands as a principal contribution to the growing literature that is beginning to reshape our understanding of the legitimating beliefs undergirding the rise of the modern market economy.\"--Robert Wuthnow, American Journal of Sociology \"A fresh and exciting argument of a fascinating thesis.\"--Nannerl O. Keohane, Journal of Interdisciplinary History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword, by Amartya Sen ix  Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition xxi  Acknowledgments xxv  Introduction 3  PART ONE. How the Interests were Called Upon to Counteract the Passions 7  The Idea of Glory and Its Downfall 9  Man \"as he really is\" 12  Repressing and Harnessing the Passions 14  The Principle of the Countervailing Passion 20  \"Interest\" and \"Interests\" as Tamers of the Passions 31  Interest as a New Paradigm 42;  Assets of an Interest-Governed World: Predictability and Constancy 48  Money-Making and Commerce as Innocent and Doux 56  Money-Making as a Calm Passion 63  PART TWO. How Economic Expansion was Expected to Improve the Political Order 67  Elements of a Doctrine 70  1. Montesquieu 70  2. Sir James Steuart 81  3. John Millar 87  Related yet Discordant Views 93  1. The Physiocrats 96  2. Adam Smith and the End of a Vision 100  PART THREE. Reflections on an Episode in Intellectual History 115   Where the Montesquieu-Steuart Vision Went Wrong 117  The Promise of an Interest-Governed World versus the Protestant Ethic 128  Contemporary Notes 132  Afterword by Jeremy Adelman 137  Notes 145  Index 155","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865529692503,"sku":"9780691160252","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691160252.jpg?v=1722274409","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-passions-and-the-interests-9780691160252","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}