The politics of utopia a new history of John Law's system, 1695-1795
The Crisis of Conscience of the Monarchy of Louis XIV -- Colonial Competition, Imaginaries, and the Moderns -- Refounding the French Monarchy -- Magical Politics -- Counterattacks -- The Hour of Reckoning
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Chicago
The University of Chicago Press
2024
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| Schriftenreihe: | The life of ideas
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Law, John
> Influence
> c 1700 to c 1800
> 18. Jahrhundert (ca. 1700 bis ca. 1799)
> Finance, Public
> History
> HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
> BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History
> Economic history
> European history
> Europäische Geschichte
> General & world history
> Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte
> HISTORY / Europe / France
> HISTORY / World
> Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
> Wirtschaftsgeschichte
> France
> Economic policy
> Politics and government
> Frankreich
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| Zusammenfassung: | The Crisis of Conscience of the Monarchy of Louis XIV -- Colonial Competition, Imaginaries, and the Moderns -- Refounding the French Monarchy -- Magical Politics -- Counterattacks -- The Hour of Reckoning "A fascinating retelling of the first banking and financial collapse in eighteenth-century France. The Scottish economist John Law has been described as the architect of modern central banking. His "System," established in Regency France between 1716 and 1720, saw the founding of a bank issuing paper money and the establishment of State commercial and colonial enterprises aimed at consolidating public debt. What at first seemed like financial wizardry, however, resulted in rampant speculation and economic collapse. In The Politics of Utopia, Arnaud Orain offers a provocative rereading of this well-known episode. Starting in the seventeenth century, he reconstructs the figures and ideas, long predating Law, that anticipated and laid the groundwork for the System, which, he argues, is best understood as a failed social utopia aimed at the total transformation of society. Overturning familiar narratives of this seismic event, this book rewrites a stunning chapter in economic history by dealing with cultural, colonial, religious, and political dimensions of the (in)famous "System" till the French Revolution, revealing new lessons for today's fraught financial landscape." |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 315 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780226825359 978-0-226-82535-9 |