Table of Contents	5
	Introduction. On the Cultural Life of Money????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	7
	I Philosophies of Money????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	27
	Money is Time: Thoughts on Credit and Crisis??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	29
	Metaphors We Pay For, or: Metaphors of the 'Financial Crisisâ' Shaping the Cultural Life of Money	53
	Money: From Midas to Madoff????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	75
	II The Arts and Finance????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	85
	Death and Diamonds: Finance and Art????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	87
	Art and its Potentialities: From the Virtual to Speculation????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	103
	The Magic Triangle Considerations on Money, Art and S***??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	113
	III Literature and Money Matters??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	125
	Phantom Counterfeits: Credit and Betrayal in a (Post)-Modern Polity????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	127
	From Miser to Capitalist: An Economic Reading of Aluísio Azevedoâ's O Cortiç	137
	Not So Far Apart: Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks and Martin Amis's Money	149
	"Outside, the yellow lions are grinningâ". Drugs, Crime and Ethnic Cleansing in Juli Zeh's Eagles and Angels	161
	IV Cognitive Moneyscapes??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	169
	Meanings of Money in Literature: D. J. Taylor's Novel Kept (2006) as a Test Case for Exploring Cognitive Functions of Literature	171
	Cognitive Science and How We Think about Money??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	187
	Second Life: The Emergence of a New Moneyscape??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	203
	Coda: The Art of Giving????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	217
	Money and Philanthropy: The Idea of Money????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????	219
	Contributors??????????????????????????????????????	225
	Index????????????????????????	231