The capitalist market, Progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes Emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract utilitarian rationality.
Distinctively secular patterns of attraction and attachment give modern institutions a binding force that was not available to more.
But What if such hallowed critiques are completely misleading? This book argues that the production of new sources of faith and enchantment is crucial to the dynamics of the capitalist economy.
The capitalist market, Progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes Emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract utilitarian rationality