On some aspects of Goethe’s economic thought in the Second Faust

De quelques aspects de la pensée économique de Goethe dans le second Faust

Patrick Mardellat ()
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Patrick Mardellat: CLERSÉ - Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: We propose a reading of the second Faust in the light of Goethe's interest for economic matters. This interest is first discussed in regard to the choice of the literary shape; then the general economic argument of it is presented; the third part discusses the creation of paper money, the founding act of the economic new world; the fourth insists on the negativity of the Faustian spirit at work in capitalism. We conclude about the critical significance of this tragedy for today's economic order.

Keywords: Bet; paper money; capitalism; Goethe; Faust; Pari; papier-monnaie; capitalisme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-12-07
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2016, Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique. 2016-2, n°2, pp.131-147. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0131⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06350-6.p.0131

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