Beschreibung:
The Nature of Money draws on neglected intelectual traditions in the social sciences to develop a theory of the social relation of money. Geoffrey Ingham argues that mainstream economics and sociology fail to grasp the specific nature of money. It is seen either as a 'neutral veil' over the operation of the 'real' economy or its existence is simply taken for granted.
Preface. PART I. CONCEPTS AND THEORIES. Introduction. 1. Money as a Commodity and 'Neural' Symbol of Commodities. 2. Abstract Value, Credit and the State. 3. Money in Sociological Theory. 4. Fundamentals of a Theory of Money. PART II. HISTORY AND ANALYSIS. 5. The Historical Origins of Money and its Pre-capitalist Forms. 6. The Development of Capitalist Credit-Money. 7. The Production of Capitalist Crefit-Money. 8. Monetary Disorder. 9. New Monetary Spaces. Concluding Remarks. Notes. References. Index.