Idols of the Marketplace: Idolatry and Commodity Fetishism in English Literature, 1580-1680

by David Hawkes

Book Overview

Postmodern society seems incapable of elaborating an ethical critique of the market economy. Early modern society showed no such reticence. Between 1580 and 1680, Aristotelian teleology was replaced as the dominant mode of philosophy in England by Baconian empiricism. This was a process with implications for every sphere of life: for politics and theology, economics and ethics, aesthetics and sexuality. Through nuanced and original readings of Shakespeare,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349387150
• ISBN13: 9781349387151
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"