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Three Rival Versions of Monetary Enquiry: Symbol, Treasure, Token

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Edward Hadas
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Abstract

In the human imagination, money is a symbol of many things, from base and alienated labour to individual freedom and social power. In the organisation of society, money is a treasure that breaks the limits of time. In the economy of labour and consumption, money is no more than a functional token. The move from symbol through treasure to token is a typically modern story of ever greater cultural disenchantment and every greater functional success. Fortunately, the conflicting narratives of money do not lead to the interminable mutual incomprehension of conflicting approaches to morality. If anything, the de-mystification of money has helped create spiritual opportunities.

Keywords

MoneyeconomicsAlasdair MacIntyreHeraclitussocial construction of reality
Type
Original Article
Information
New Blackfriars , Volume 101 , Issue 1095 , September 2020 , pp. 585 - 603
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Copyright © 2018 Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers

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