Abstract
This chapter explores industrial culture, industrialization, and deindustrialization in connection with the concept of moral economy, developed first by social historian Edward Palmer (E. P.) Thompson and subsequently by anthropologist James C. Scott. It explores how ideas of moral economy evolved in relation to industrial capitalism in Thompson’s work and that of social theorist Andrew Sayer. Also, it draws on the work of literary scholar Raymond Williams to explore the vital cultural elements to that. It goes on to examine how moral economy has been used to explore deindustrialization before proposing areas for future exploration in this field.