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Bezig met laden... Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Moneydoor James Buchan
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An excellent historical-philosophical-literary look at the growing power of money in our world, and a plea for sanity. "Humanity itself is transforming into the dragon of the Nibelungen, squatting in a filthy cave amid heaps of dusty treasure." (Interestingly, I found this book reduced to $2, as further evidence of the disengagement of price and value). Not much short of a masterpiece, although a fairly modest book in its ambition. Its triumph - apart from in its erudition and style - is in its conception. Uniquely, as far as I am aware, this book attempts a cultural definition of money, and shatters the pretension of economics as a science. Utterly convincing and compelling in equal measure. It is not without out the odd flaw (a dodgy assertion, a specious argument, an unflattering revelation about its author) but I have already read it twice and doubtless will read it again. Over the years I have bought extra copies to foist on friends and colleagues. For the casual browser on LibraryThing, all I can say as an online stranger is that I urge you to read this book - moreso than any other I have read. James Meek, a British writer and journalist, has chosen to discuss , James Buchan’s “Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money ", on FiveBooks (http://five-books.com) as one of the top five on his subject - The Death of Empires, saying that: “…A very unusual book … James Buchan talks about what money is and its use. But he also adds this extra layer, which is his own experience of money... And, you know, bitterness is a flavour and the fact that his reminiscences have a surprisingly bitter flavour add, I think, to the charm of the book. …” The full interview is available here: http://thebrowser.com/books/interviews/james-meek geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Money is now so pervasive that few people question it, but Buchan argues that money has brought the world to a condition of unprecedented instability and shows how it has colonised the world both as a physical entity and as an idea of happiness. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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