1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452274003321

Titolo

New perspectives on emotions in finance : the sociology of confidence, fear and betrayal / / edited by Jocelyn Pixley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-203-11401-9

1-283-89404-1

1-136-28931-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Routledge international studies in money and banking ; ; 76

Altri autori (Persone)

PixleyJocelyn <1947->

Disciplina

332.01/9

Soggetti

Finance - Psychological aspects

Finance - Social aspects

Money - Psychological aspects

Trust - Economic aspects

Financial crises - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Emotions and the present crisis : reshaping the sociology of finance -- pt. 2. The financial crisis in context : historical and theoretical investigations.

Sommario/riassunto

"The financial crisis that started in 2007 is a concern for the world. Some countries are in depression and governments are desperately trying to find solutions. In the absence of thorough debate on the emotions of money, bitter disputes, hatred and 'moralizing' can be misunderstood. New perspectives on emotions in finance carefully considers emotions often left unacknowledged, in order to explain the socially useful versus de-civilising, destructive, nature of money. This book offers an understanding of money that includes the possible civilising sentiments. This interdisciplinary volume examines what is seemingly an uncontrollable, fragile world of finance and explains the 'panics' of traders and 'immoral panics' in banking, 'confidence' of government and commercial decision makers, 'shame' or 'cynicism' of investors and asymmetries of 'impersonal trust' between finance



corporations and their many publics. Money is shown to rely on this abstract trust or 'faith', but such motivations are in crisis with 'angry' conflicts over the 'power of disposition'. Restraining influences - on 'uncivilised emotions' and rule breaking - need democratic consensus, due to enduring national differences in economic 'sentiments' even in ostensibly similar countries. Promising ideas for global reform are assessed from these cautionary interpretations"--

"This interdisciplinary volume from a leading international group of scholars offers coherent sociological answers as to how and in what respects finance is 'emotional'. Chapters offer sophisticated approaches to the current financial crisis, and the antecedents in cultural variations in institutions and organisational forms. "--

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464069503321

Autore

Holloway Carson

Titolo

Reason, revelation, and the civic order : political philosophy and the claims of faith / / edited by Paul R. DeHart and Carson Holloway ; Shaun Allshouse, design

Pubbl/distr/stampa

DeKalb, Illinois : , : NIU Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-5017-5129-8

1-60909-157-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

201/.72

Soggetti

Religion and politics

Revelation

Political science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Carson Holloway and Paul R. DeHart -- Heinrich Meier's Straussian refutation of revelation / Carson Holloway -- Political philosophy after the collapse of classical, epistemic foundationalism /



Paul R. DeHart -- Eros and agape revisited : reconciling classical eudaemonism with Christian love? / Robert C. Koons -- The strange second life of confessional states / J. Budziszewski -- Defending the personal logos today / Peter Augustine Lawler -- Pierre Manent : between nature and history / Ralph C. Hancock -- Catholicism and the constitution / James R. Stoner, Jr -- Beholden to revelation? : scripture's role as public knowledge and moral authority / Micah Watson -- Fides, ratio et juris : how some courts and some legal theorists misrepresent the rational status of religious beliefs / Francis J. Beckwith -- Richard Rorty's secular gods and unphilosophic philosophers / Luigi Bradizza -- Converting secularism / R.J. Snell.

Sommario/riassunto

While the dominant approaches to the current study of political philosophy are various, with some friendlier to religious belief than others, almost all place constraints on the philosophic and political role of revelation. Mainstream secular political theorists do not entirely disregard religion. But to the extent that they pay attention, their treatment of religious belief is seen more as a political or philosophic problem to be addressed rather than as a positive body of thought from which we might derive important insights about the nature of politics and the truth of the human condition.In a one-of-a-kind collection, DeHart and Holloway bring together leading scholars from various fields, including political science, philosophy, and theology, to challenge the prevailing orthodoxy and to demonstrate the role that religion can and does play in political life. Contributing authors include such important thinkers as Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert C. Koons, J. Budziszewski, Francis J. Beckwith, and James Stoner.