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La propriété de la monnaie: doctrine de l'usure et théorie de l'intérêt

André Lapidus

Revue Économique, 1987, vol. 38, issue 6, 1095-1110

Abstract: [eng] The property of money : theory of interest and doctrine of usury. . Drawing on the writings of thirteenth century theologists and canonists, the purpose of this article is to focus on the main aspects of the theory of interest underlying the prohibition of usury. Thus, it can be shown that approaches to property, goods, and money, quite different from ours, were to generate on the one hand, an original theory of interest excluding the possibility of the latter being acknowledged as the priee for renouncing to liquidity ; on the other hand, a complex cultural device combining descriptive and normative propositions, in such a way that the prohibition of usury can be viewed as a ban not on a economie category but on a certain interpretation of it. [fre] La propriété de la monnaie : doctrine de l'usure et théorie de l'intérêt. . En s'appuyant sur les écrits de théologiens et de canonistes du XIIIe siècle, l'objectif de cet article est de mettre en évidence les principaux aspects de la théorie de l'intérêt sous-jacente à la prohibition de l'usure. On montre ainsi que des compréhensions différentes des nôtres de la propriété, des biens et de la monnaie allaient engendrer, d'une part, une théorie originale de l'intérêt excluant que celui-ci fût reconnu comme le prix de la renonciation à la liquidité ; d'autre part, un dispositif culturel complexe, articulant propositions descriptives et normatives, de sorte que la prohibition de l'usure apparaisse comme un interdit frappant non une catégorie économique mais une certaine interprétation de celle-ci.

Date: 1987
Note: DOI:10.3406/reco.1987.409026
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