Money in the history of political thought, from ancient Greece to the Great Inflation of the 1970sIn the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, critical attention has shifted from the economy to the most fundamental feature of all market economies—money. Yet despite the centrality of political struggles over money, it remains difficult to articulate its democratic possibilities and limits. The Currency of Politics takes readers from ancient Greece to today to ...

La crisi finanziaria globale del 2008, la risposta monetaria al Covid-19, la catastrofe climatica ormai in atto e la crescita incessante delle disparità economiche hanno mostrato come il denaro sia diventato il vero campo di battaglia su cui si scontrano concezioni del futuro in contrasto tra loro. I filosofi politici giocano un ruolo cruciale in questi dibattiti, offrendo gli strumenti concettuali per indagare cosa si intende per giustizia e democrazia in quel peculiare ordine monetario c...

Sei es durch Bankenkrisen oder Inflation, Schuldenbremse oder Zinsdebatten: Das Thema Geldpolitik ist in der Tagespolitik angekommen. Längst hat sich die Einsicht verbreitet, dass Geld kein neutrales Tauschmittel ist, sondern auch ein Instrument politischer Herrschaft. Gleichwohl fehlt noch immer das Bewusstsein dafür, wie eine demokratische Geldpolitik aussehen könnte.Hier setzt Stefan Eich mit seinem Buch an. Die Währung der Politik erzählt die politische Ideengeschichte...

The sociologist Daniel Bell was an uncommonly acute observer of the structural forces transforming the United States and other advanced societies in the twentieth century. The titles of Bell’s major books—The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976)—became hotly debated frameworks for understanding the era when they were published.In Defining the Age, Paul Starr and...

The sociologist Daniel Bell was an uncommonly acute observer of the structural forces transforming the United States and other advanced societies in the twentieth century. The titles of Bell’s major books—The End of Ideology (1960), The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism (1976)—became hotly debated frameworks for understanding the era when they were published.In Defining the Age, Paul Starr and...

Seyla Benhabib’s ongoing work has expanded the range and scope of critical theory beyond its origins to address questions of gender, migration, and difference. This book brings together an ensemble of leading theorists and younger voices to explore new dimensions of Benhabib’s thought across critical theory, feminism, and democratic theory, foregrounding the intricate relationship between critique and universality.Another Universalism provides both a wide-ranging and compr...

Seyla Benhabib’s ongoing work has expanded the range and scope of critical theory beyond its origins to address questions of gender, migration, and difference. This book brings together an ensemble of leading theorists and younger voices to explore new dimensions of Benhabib’s thought across critical theory, feminism, and democratic theory, foregrounding the intricate relationship between critique and universality.Another Universalism provides both a wide-ranging and compr...

Less than a decade after the Financial Crisis, we are witnessing the fast emergence of a new financial order driven by three different, yet interconnected, dynamics: first, the rapid application of technology - such as big data, machine learning, and distributed computing - to banking, lending, and investing, in particular with the emergence of virtual currencies and digital finance; second, a disintermediation fuelled by the rise of peer-to-peer lending platforms and crowd investment whic...