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Description Postmodern society seems incapable of elaborating an ethical critique of the market economy. Early modern society showed no such reticence. Between 1580 and 1680, Aristotelian teleology was replaced as the dominant mode of philosophy in England by Baconian empiricism. This was a process with implications for every sphere of life: for politics and theology, economics and ethics, and aesthetics and sexuality. Through nuanced and original readings of Shakespeare, Herbert, Donne, Milton, Traherne, Bunyan, and the antitheatrical controversy, David Hawkes sheds light on early modern debates over idolatry, financial value, and trade. Hawkes argues that the people of Renaissance England believed that the decline of telos resulted in a reified, fetishistic mode of consciousness which manifests itself in such phenomena as religious idolatry, commodity fetishism, and carnal sensuality. He suggests that the resulting early modern critique of the market economy has much to offer postmodern society. Editorial Reviews Review "...provocative and fascinating readings of early modern texts by a knowledgeable and astute author."--Laura Lunger Knoppers, Albion "Idols of the Marketplace is an excellent book: provocative, coherent and full of insight. It is hard to see how Renaissance culture can be read in quite the same way from now on." --Times Literary Supplement "...the argument is informed and au courant with the latest developments."--Maureen Quilligan, Studies in English Literature "...does a fantastic job locating the Early Modern critique of capitalism within contemporary debates about 'idolatry'..."--Wendy Hyman, Seventeenth-Century News About the Author David Hawkes is Associate Professor of English, Lehigh University. His first book, Ideology, was published in 1996. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1 edition (October 12, 2001) Language: English ISBN-10: 0312240074 ISBN-13: 978-0312240073    Sharing Widget |