The Passions and the Interests by Albert O. Hirschman is a seminal exploration of the intellectual evolution that paved the way for capitalism’s acceptance in the modern world. Hirschman examines how thinkers in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, such as Montesquieu, Sir James Steuart, and Adam Smith, reframed the concept of human motivation—transforming the destructive nature of the “passions” into the more socially productive “interests.” The book traces how this shift enabled the development of capitalist institutions by suggesting that self-interest, particularly in economic behavior, could serve as a stabilizing and moderating force in society.
- Pages: 166
- Genre: Economic History
- Book Cover Type: Paperback
- Language(s): Persian (Farsi)
- ISBN: 9789646578705
- Persian Title: کتاب هواهای نفسانی و منافع اثر آلبرت هیرشمن
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