Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-258) and index.

Ownership -- Human capital and its pioneering labours -- Social capital -- Cultural capital in the sociology of education -- Cultural capital in the sociology of religion -- Economists on human and social capital -- Economic imperialism -- The economic base of the ideological superstructure -- Classic accounts of the nexus between property, capital and commodities -- Modern capital accumulation or the new enclosures -- The privatisation of local and national government -- The privatisation of public space -- The commodification and privatisation of higher education -- The commodification of culture -- The commodification and privatisation of nature -- The privatisation and commodification of knowledge and biological life -- The commodification of third world poverty -- The commodification of morality -- The commodification of emotions -- The commodification of death -- The commodification of human body -- The commodification of health care -- The commodification of sport -- The commodification of capital -- The privatisation of the cosmos -- Economy and society -- Memetics.