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Philosophy of Money [EPUB ebook]

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A classic of twentieth century sociology that has reprinted many times and become a landmark text With its insights into the fetishisation of money and the impact of extremes of wealth and poverty, it is now seen as prophetic in a credit driven, globalised world economy Anticipates many of the insights of later theorists such as Habermas, Baudrillard and Zizek Foresess the links between money and the growth of cities and urbanisation New foreword by Charles Lemert

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 640 ● ISBN 9781136807312 ● Editor David Frisby ● Translator Tom Bottomore ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2362542 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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