Embodied capital in the history of inequality

Johan Mathew

doi:10.1111/hic3.12721

Embodied capital in the history of inequality

Johan Mathew

School of Arts and Science, History

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This article engages Thomas Piketty's Capital and Ideology from the perspective of the human body and public health. It explores how Piketty's account could be enriched by examining how economic inequality produces physiological inequity and how human health is essential to understanding the intractability of capitalist crises.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e12721
Journal	History Compass
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/hic3.12721
State	Published - Apr 2022

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