Table of Contents
Translator's Note ix
Introduction: Lenin's Wishes 1
Part 1 The Worshippers and the Despisers
1 The Devil's Dung 9
2 On the Eminent Dignity of the Poor? 31
3 France, or the Taboo on Money 41
4 America, or Spiritual Money 60
Part 2 Three Myths about the Golden Calf
5 Money, the Ruler of the World? 79
6 Does Opulence Make People Unhappy? 108
7 Has Sordid Calculation Killed Sublime Love? 135
Part 3 Richesse Oblige
8 Should Bourgeois Values Be Rehabilitated? 165
9 Getting Rich Is Not a Crime (and Falling into Poverty Is Not a Virtue) 190
10 The Hand That Takes, the Hand That Gives Back 211
Conclusion: An Acknowledged Schizophrenia 234
Notes 239
Index 265