The Economy of Desire Quotes

“the market economy should be subordinate to and so reinforce the virtuous life.”
― Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

“labor in the divine economy is a vocation or calling.”
― Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

“functioning as a shepherd of the people.[87]”
― Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

“The freedom of the capitalist individual “cannot be reconciled with the supremacy of one single purpose to which the whole of society must be entirely and permanently subordinated.”
― Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

“We are used to thinking of the state as the chief social actor.”
― Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World

“The material ordering of even the mundane tasks of our daily lives both reflects and shapes the desires of our hearts.”
― Daniel M. Bell Jr., The Economy of Desire: Christianity and Capitalism in a Postmodern World