“A magisterial contribution to the history of ideas.”—Peter L. Berger, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture
“Comprehensive, lucidly analytical, and splendidly, admirably objective.”—Howard M. Sachar, author of A History of Israel and Dreamland: Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War
“Thanks to Muller’s sensitive and critical guidance, we come away knowing the subject far better than would otherwise be possible.”—David S. Landes, author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
Introduction
ONE
Historical Backdrop: Rights, Righteousness, and Virtue
TWO
Voltaire: “A Merchant of a Noble Kind”
THREE
Adam Smith: Moral Philosophy and Political Economy
FOUR
Justus Möser: The Market as Destroyer of Culture
FIVE
Edmund Burke: Commerce, Conservatism, and the Intellectuals
SIX
Hegel: A Life Worth Choosing
SEVEN
Karl Marx: From Jewish Usury to Universal Vampirism
EIGHT
Matthew Arnold: Weaning the Philistines from the Drug of Business
NINE
Weber, Simmel, and Sombart: Community, Individuality, and Rationality
TEN
Lukás and Freyer: From the Quest for Community to the Temptations of Totality
ELEVEN
Schumpeter: Innovation and Resentment
TWELVE
From Keynes to Marcuse: Affluence and Its Discontents
THIRTEEN
Friedrich Hayek: Untimely Liberal
Conclusion
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
