Households of the soul / Vincent P. Pecora.

Author/creator Pecora, Vincent P., 1953-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.
Descriptionxi, 337 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Household words : from oikos to theoria -- Archaic and alien tongues -- An atavism of the highest order : the spirit of adventure -- Household economies and the uses of enchantment : Conrad, Lawrence, and Joyce -- The sorcerer's apprentices -- Under an invisible spell : Marx, Nietzsche, and oikonomikē -- The birth of generosity from the spirit of the gens -- The economy of the other.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-324) and index.
LCCN 96031069
ISBN080185427X (acid-free paper)