Disembedded Markets: Economic Theology and Global Capitalism
In: Classical and Contemporary Social Theory Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- Economic theology as a challenge to economic theory -- Key questions of the study -- Overview -- Notes -- 2. Disembedded markets and society: Ambiguities in Polanyi's analysis -- Notes -- 3. Markets as a social system: The liberal narrative -- Notes -- 4. Dimensions of disembedding -- Territorial disembedding -- Social disembedding -- Material disembedding -- Temporal disembedding -- Notes -- 5. Religion as a self-representation of society -- Notes -- 6. Modernity, capitalism and religion -- Note -- 7. Disembedding and the dilemma of the self-representation of society -- Notes -- 8. Markets as an ultimate social reality? -- The social universality of capital and markets -- Capital as a device to manage uncertainty -- Notes -- 9. A multi-level model of capitalist dynamics -- Logic of the situation -- Logic of action -- Logic of aggregation -- Structural background of financialisation -- Notes -- 10. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index.