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'Anyone interested in finding a 'third way' between today's barely regulated capitalism and state socialism will find much to reward them in this collection. It goes beyond the rigid limitations of contemporary liberal thinking in order to explore some of the crucial resources, intellectual and cultural, that we need to devise a new politics of the Left.' Charles Taylor, author of A Secular Age 'Caritas in Veritate is the first papal encyclical that addresses issues immediately relevant for economic and social theory. It also embodies challenges that concern directly the academic community of economists, in particular the nature and scope of the firm, the market and profit. The reading of this important book is the best way for engaging with these themes and discovering the significance of Caritas in Veritate in the present theoretical debate.' Luigino Bruni, co-author of Civil Economy 'The current economic crisis is in fact a deeper crisis of cultural imagination and civilizational ethics. This collection of bold and provocative readings of Caritas in Veritate displays an intellectual verve unafraid to think beyond the fragmentations of modernity. By fully exploring the ontology of communion and gift, I believe this collection bears witness to the kind of daring discourse Pope Benedict XVI wanted to ignite. What is more, I believe the essays exemplify the kind of fruitful dialogue needed, not only for an adequate response to the crisis of Western civilization, but also to realize an economy that would facilitate the flourishing of the human heart. Adrian Pabst is to be commended for realizing this collection of excellent essays.' Javier Martinez Fernandez, Archbishop of Granada 'Both the authors and I have seen in Caritas in Veritate a call for integrating a morality of generosity and charity into our discussion of economic policy.' Ross B. Emmett, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 15, Number 2 '...the present volume provides an excellent starting point for exploring a truly magisterial document.' James M. Carr, Reviews in Religion and Theology, Vol.21, No.1, January 2014 'Taken as whole, the essays in The Crisis of Global Capitalism serve to flesh out the notions of reciprocity and civil economy that animate important sections of Caritas in Veritate. More importantly they illuminate the theological anthropology and metaphysics that animate Catholic social thought. [...] In addition to clarifying the Pope's vision of economic life, these essays offer a valuable set of historical reflections on how an economic order so at variance with the truths about human nature and the cosmos evolved'. Mary Hirschfeld, Studies in Christian Ethics, 27 (I), 2014

'Both the authors and I have seen in Caritas in Veritate a call for integrating a morality of generosity and charity into our discussion of economic policy.' Ross B. Emmett, Journal of Markets & Morality, Volume 15, Number 2

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Adrian Pabst is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Kent, UK, and teaches political economy at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille (Sciences Po), France. He is the author of Metaphysics: The Creation of Hierarchy (2012).

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