The Economics of Paradise

On the Onset of Modernity in Antiquity

Business & Finance, Economics, Comparative Economics, Theory of Economics, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
Cover of the book The Economics of Paradise by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto, Palgrave Macmillan
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto ISBN: 9781137287717
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Publication: December 5, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
ISBN: 9781137287717
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication: December 5, 2014
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

The text searches for the origins of modern thinking in one of the best-known stories of our cultural heritage. By applying institutional and constitutional economics to biblical interpretation, it uses a new approach to reconstruct the Paradise story.
 
By tracing the Paradise story, in economic terms - looming conflict, the rise of homo economicus, principal–agent conflicts, prisoner's dilemma predicaments, and political economic ideals of liberty and freedom - the author challenges the old conceptual dualism between economics and theology/philosophy. Economics, in the tradition of the Scottish Enlightenment, is interpreted as 'modern ethics'; and such ethics are reconstructed for the Paradise story. As a result, the claimed dualism between 'ancient' ethics and modern 'economics as ethics' is rejected. The book pioneers a complementary 'new' unitary thesis for the Paradise story and for the Old Testament that proposes that economics can provide a unified, conceptual, 'scientific' structure to the biblical text. On this basis, not only is the Paradise story originally illuminated through economic reconstruction but the book also sets out a new, institutional economic theory of Old Testament religion.
 
The Economics of Paradise: On the Onset of Modernity in Antiquity draws together comparisons between the ancient Paradise story and modern economics, and as such makes indispensable reading for scholars and researchers interested in ethics and economics.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The text searches for the origins of modern thinking in one of the best-known stories of our cultural heritage. By applying institutional and constitutional economics to biblical interpretation, it uses a new approach to reconstruct the Paradise story.
 
By tracing the Paradise story, in economic terms - looming conflict, the rise of homo economicus, principal–agent conflicts, prisoner's dilemma predicaments, and political economic ideals of liberty and freedom - the author challenges the old conceptual dualism between economics and theology/philosophy. Economics, in the tradition of the Scottish Enlightenment, is interpreted as 'modern ethics'; and such ethics are reconstructed for the Paradise story. As a result, the claimed dualism between 'ancient' ethics and modern 'economics as ethics' is rejected. The book pioneers a complementary 'new' unitary thesis for the Paradise story and for the Old Testament that proposes that economics can provide a unified, conceptual, 'scientific' structure to the biblical text. On this basis, not only is the Paradise story originally illuminated through economic reconstruction but the book also sets out a new, institutional economic theory of Old Testament religion.
 
The Economics of Paradise: On the Onset of Modernity in Antiquity draws together comparisons between the ancient Paradise story and modern economics, and as such makes indispensable reading for scholars and researchers interested in ethics and economics.

More books from Palgrave Macmillan

Cover of the book People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book New Perspectives on Desistance by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Extreme Punishment by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book From Capitalistic to Humanistic Business by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Greening Citizenship by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Disability and Poverty in the Global South by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Mediatization of Politics by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Rethinking Turkey-Iraq Relations by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Cancer Patients, Cancer Pathways by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Western Aid at a Crossroads by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book The Online Informal Learning of English by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Romanticism and the Gold Standard by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book The Power of Customer Misbehavior by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Indo-French Educational Partnerships by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
Cover of the book Pricing, Online Marketing Behavior, and Analytics by Sigmund Wagner-Tsukamoto
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy