02307cam a22003858i 4500 23167983 OSt 20260622100536.0 230602s2023 enk b 001 0 eng 2023023243 9781009331432 (hardback) 9781009331463 (paperback) 9781009331449 (ebook) 23167983 DLC eng rda DLC DLC pcc HG221 .K257 2023 332.4 23/eng/20230714 Kapadia, Anush, author. A political theory of money / Anush Kapadia. 2308 Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023. pages 253 text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Understanding money's nature as political, institutional and material answers today's big money questions. Money remains a foundational question of social theory. What is money? Why does something so insubstantial have value? How do money systems make promises function like valuable things? Why are money systems always hierarchical yet variable? The answer, A Political Theory of Money argues, is politics. Money is institutionalised social power. Politics generates institutions that differentially lock into the future product of political and economic collectives. Money emerges from the institutionalisation of social antagonisms to encapsulate a collective's productive potential in a flexible, tradable instrument. This takes a system. Money is built in hierarchical layers out of the inherently variable material of politics and at various economic scales. This book outlines these variable processes theoretically and through case studies"-- Provided by publisher. Money. 2238 Money Political aspects. Online version: Kapadia, Anush. Political theory of money Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009331449 (DLC) 2023023244 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 23003 23003 0 0 ddc 0 0 INP INP MAIN 2026-05-11 0 332.4 035012 2026-05-11 13:48:29 2026-05-11 BK