{"product_id":"foundations-for-a-humanitarian-economy-william-d-bishop-9781032127620","title":"Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy: Re-thinking Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius' \u003ci\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius' writing and explores how \u003ci\u003eConsolation\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. These economic considerations resonate with a range of heterodox economic perspectives, such as Ecological and Buddhist Economics. The fundamental revaluations gained through Boethius pose a critique of mainstream neoclassical and neoliberal economics: to consumerism, avarice, growth and technology fetishism, and market rationality. These economic foundations resonate into a time when global crises raise the question of fundamental human priorities, offering alternatives to an ever-expanding industrial market economy designed for profit, and helping to avoid irrevocable socio-ecological disasters. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe issues raised and questioned in this book will be of significant interest to readers with concern for pluralist approaches to economics, philosophy, classics, ancient history and theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William D. Bishop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032127627\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032127620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d","brand":"William D. Bishop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517826445567,"sku":"9781032127620","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2139707-c230-4df6-a8a4-171c7fcb5eb1.jpg?v=1778732963","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foundations-for-a-humanitarian-economy-william-d-bishop-9781032127620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}