Money in the German-speaking Lands

Money in the German-speaking Lands
Author: Mary Lindemann
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1785335898

Money is more than just a medium of financial exchange: across time and place, it has performed all sorts of cultural, political, and social functions. This volume traces money in German-speaking Europe from the late Renaissance until the close of the twentieth century, exploring how people have used it and endowed it with multiple meanings. The fascinating studies gathered here collectively demonstrate money’s vast symbolic and practical significance, from its place in debates about religion and the natural world to its central role in statecraft and the formation of national identity.

Managing the Wealth of Nations

Managing the Wealth of Nations
Author: Philipp Robinson Rössner
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2023-03-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1529211247

‘Commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government,’ wrote Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, ‘and with them, the liberty and security of individuals.’ However, Philipp Robinson Rössner shows how, when looked at in the face of history, it has usually been the other way around. This book follows the development of capitalism from the Middle Ages through the industrial revolution to the modern day, casting new light on the areas where premodern political economies of growth and development made a difference. It shows how order and governance provided the foundation for prosperity, growth and the wealth of nations. Written for scholars and students of economic history, this is a pioneering new study that debunks the neoliberal origin myth of how capitalism came into the world.

Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany

Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany
Author: Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2019-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789202116

Throughout the many political and social upheavals of the early modern era, names were words to conjure by, articulating significant historical trends and helping individuals and societies make sense of often dramatic periods of change. Centered on onomastics—the study of names—in the German-speaking lands, this volume, gathering leading scholars across multiple disciplines, explores the dynamics and impact of naming (and renaming) processes in a variety of contexts—social, artistic, literary, theological, and scientific—in order to enhance our understanding of individual and collective experiences.

Archeologies of Confession

Archeologies of Confession
Author: Carina L. Johnson
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1785335413

Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort our picture of historical change and the ways that historical actors perceive it? Can one give voice to those whom history has forgotten? The essays collected here examine the formation of religious identities during the Reformation in Germany through case studies of remembering and forgetting—instances in which patterns and practices of religious plurality were excised from historical memory. By tracing their ramifications through the centuries, Archeologies of Confession carefully reconstructs the often surprising histories of plurality that have otherwise been lost or obscured.

Views of Violence

Views of Violence
Author: Jörg Echternkamp
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2019-01-02
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1789201276

Twenty-first-century views of historical violence have been immeasurably influenced by cultural representations of the Second World War. Within Europe, one of the key sites for such representation has been the vast array of museums and memorials that reflect contemporary ideas of war, the roles of soldiers and civilians, and the self-perception of those who remember. This volume takes a historical perspective on museums covering the Second World War and explores how these institutions came to define political contexts and cultures of public memory in Germany, across Europe, and throughout the world.

Beyond Posthumanism

Beyond Posthumanism
Author: Alexander Mathäs
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2020-02-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1789205638

Kant, Goethe, Schiller and other eighteenth-century German intellectuals loom large in the history of the humanities—both in terms of their individual achievements and their collective embodiment of the values that inform modern humanistic inquiry. Taking full account of the manifold challenges that the humanities face today, this volume recasts the question of their viability by tracing their long-disputed premises in German literature and philosophy. Through insightful analyses of key texts, Alexander Mathäs mounts a broad defense of the humanistic tradition, emphasizing its pursuit of a universal ethics and ability to render human experiences comprehensible through literary imagination.

Feelings Materialized

Feelings Materialized
Author: Derek Hillard
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-01-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789205522

Of the many innovative approaches to emerge during the twenty-first century, one of the most productive has been the interdisciplinary nexus of theories and methodologies broadly defined as “the study of emotions.” While this conceptual toolkit has generated significant insights, it has overwhelmingly focused on emotions as linguistic and semantic phenomena. This edited volume looks instead to the material aspects of emotion in German culture, encompassing the body, literature, photography, aesthetics, and a variety of other themes.

Money Law, Capital, and the Changing Identity of the European Union

Money Law, Capital, and the Changing Identity of the European Union
Author: Gabriella Gimigliano
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2022-09-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1509956816

This book addresses 3 questions: is money a way to create a European Union identity? If so, which type of identity is this? And in what ways is the EU identity changing? The book brings together experts from a variety of backgrounds and academic approaches to analyse the law of money and payments on the one side, and the law of capital and investments on the other. The book is divided into 2 parts. Part I covers scriptural, electronic, and digital money. It analyses the European framework for payment services users, explores limits and challenges of the Banking Union, and looks at the project for a digital euro. Part II investigates the policy and regulatory drivers of the EU's changing identity, from the early modern roots of the European law of money and capital to the regulatory strategy set in the Capital Markets Union and the role conferred on venture capital; from the fintech-based developments of payment systems to the newly-established fiscal and monetary policies in the post-COVID phase. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics and policy makers in the fields of law and regulation, as well as political economy and political sciences.

Minority Discourses in Germany since 1990

Minority Discourses in Germany since 1990
Author: Ela Gezen
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2022-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 180073428X

While German unification promised a new historical beginning, it also stirred discussions about contemporary Germany’s Nazi past and ideas of citizenship and belonging in a changing Europe. Minority Discourses in Germany Since 1990 explores the intersections and divergences between Black German, Turkish German, and German Jewish experiences, with reflections on the evolving academic paradigms with which these are studied. Informed by comparative approaches, the volume investigates social and aesthetic interventions into contemporary German public and political discourse on memory, racism, citizenship, immigration, and history.

Freedom and Capitalism in Early Modern Europe

Freedom and Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
Author: Philipp Robinson Rössner
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2020-10-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030533093

This book hinges upon ideas and discourses variously known under labels such as “Mercantilism” and “Cameralism”. Often viewed as antithesis of capitalism, inclusive institutions and good economy in the “West”, this book re-assembles them and builds them into a coherent origin story of modern capitalism. It explores the field of intellectual and conceptual history, especially the history of Renaissance and Mercantilism in a longer history of capitalism. Rather than hindrances, the author argues that Mercantilist and Cameralist political economies presented essential stepping stones of modern capitalism, in Britain and beyond. This book will be of interest to academics and students in general economic history, the history of capitalism, economic development and the history of economic thought.