Concept information
Preferred term
commercial society
Definition
- The idea of a commercial society was central to eighteenth-century political economy and thought. Although it shares some features with contemporary liberal capitalist orders, it is best understood as a protocapitalist form of economic and social organization. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Commercial Society]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/commercial_society
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