- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press (1 Jun 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226051854
- ISBN-13: 978-0226051857
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.1 x 1.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,080,868 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this text, Hans Christoph Binswanger looks at "Faust" through the lens of economics, aiming to enlarge our understanding of this epic by explaining Goethe's preoccupation with financial matters. He interprets "Faust" as a warning about the dangers of pursuing endless wealth. It should provide a useful resource for Germanic and Goethe scholars, social and cultural historians, and economists alike.
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The alchemical process is alive and well
23 Feb 2000
Format:Hardcover
Towards the end of the middle ages, monarchs and kings came to the realization that the transmutation of elements may not be physically possible. The creation of wealth via alchemical means therefore shifted to another sphere. Rather than employ chemists laboring to create gold from lead, rulers instead hired economists to create gold from paper. The symbolism and metaphor of the alchemical process carried over from chemical to economic terms is really quite enlightening.
The relationship to the Faust legend and the role of Goethe in the development of the early modern economy makes this book a very interesting read for anyone who may be baffled by the current system of value creation in our modern economy.
The real insight of this book lies in its illumination of humankind's quest to gain mastery over time and our own mortality. Here the author demonstrates how science is used to gain predictive control over time by use of the past (the evidence of scientific method). Economics is used to master time via control over the future (money as "value" stored for future use). And the arts overcome the constraints of time by stretching out the present (the transporting nature of the sublime). The alchemical means by which this is accomplished is demonstrated clearly. Magic turns out to be very real indeed.
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