{"product_id":"mind-vs-money-the-war-between-intellectuals-and-capitalism-9781412810630","title":"Mind vs. Money: The War Between Intellectuals and Capitalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the past 150 years  Western intellectuals have trumpeted contempt for capitalism and capitalists. They have written novels  plays  and manifestos to demonstrate the evils of the economic system in which they live. Dislike and contempt for the bourgeoisie  the middle classes  industry  and commerce have been a prominent trait of leading Western writers and artists. Mind vs. Money is an analytical history of how and why so many intellectuals have opposed capitalism. It is also an argument for how this opposition can be tempered. Historically  intellectuals have expressed their rejection of capitalism through many different movements  including nationalism  anti-Semitism  socialism  fascism  communism  and the 1960s counterculture. Hostility to capitalism takes new forms today. The anti-globalization  Green  communitarian  and New Age movements are all examples. Intellectuals give such movements the legitimacy and leadership they would otherwise lack. What unites radical intellectuals of the nineteenth century  communists and fascists of the twentieth  and anti-globalization protestors of the twenty-first  along with many other intellectuals not associated with these movements  is their rejection of capitalism. Kahan argues that intellectuals are a permanently alienated elite in capitalist societies. In myriad forms  and on many fronts  the battle between Mind and Money continues today. Anti-Americanism is one of them. Americans like to see their country as a beacon of freedom and prosperity. But in the eyes of many European and American intellectuals  when America is identified with capitalism  it is transformed from moral beacon into the \"Great Satan.\" This is just one of the issues Mind vs. Money explores. The conflict between Mind and Money is the great  unresolved conflict of modern society. To end it  we must first understand it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651486310453,"sku":"ByrdShop_1412810639","price":213.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781412810630.jpg?v=1781835095","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mind-vs-money-the-war-between-intellectuals-and-capitalism-9781412810630","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}