Moral dividends: Freemasonry and finance capitalism in early-nineteenth-century America |
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Authors: | Pamela A Popielarz |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USApamela@uic.edu |
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Abstract: | AbstractUsing documents from the Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of the State of Indiana (USA), I show how the material practices and symbolic orientations of finance capitalism became transposed into Freemasonry in the early-nineteenth century. I briefly discuss why this happened and point to how these developments shaped the institutional trajectory of Freemasonry. Next, I observe that the symbolic moral standing of Freemasonry became transposed onto finance capitalism as undertaken by its members and other white men like them. After a brief explanation, I outline how these developments affected the institutionalisation of finance capitalism. |
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Keywords: | Institutional change finance capitalism joint stock form Freemasonry moral legitimacy |
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