How Long to Read Households

How Long Does it Take to Read Households?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Households by William James Booth

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What human purpose does an economy serve? In this pathbreaking book, William James Booth examines what he calls the moral architecture of the economy - its significance in our ethical world and the influence of social values on its institutions. Turning to the most fundamental economic unit, Booth explores three basic conceptions of the household - the Aristotelian, the classic liberal, and the Marxist. Booth first traces one tradition of domestic organization to the household or oikos of Aristotelian thought and explores its structure and its use as a counter to market society. He next considers the early modern liberal household as interpreted by Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau. Liberal economic and political theory, Booth shows, rejects the hierarchical pattern of the oikos in favor of a contract-based community among autonomous and equal persons. In classical liberalism the market thus emerges not so much as the most efficient instrument for creating wealth than as one expression in itself of this moral architecture. Booth then assesses the triumphs and debacles of Marx's critique of market society. The source of Marxism's theoretical and practical failures, he contends, was its fusion of the contradictory ideals of the Aristotelian "despotic" economy and liberal self-determination. In conclusion, Booth analyzes the enduring debate between the market and the household as ways of mapping rival visions of the moral architecture of the economy. Households makes a major contribution to our understanding of the role of the economy in society. It will be important reading for anyone interested in economic and political theory, moral philosophy, intellectual history, literary theory, and classics.

How long is Households?

Households by William James Booth is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Households Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Households aloud.

What Reading Level is Households?

Households is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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