Christoph Türcke explores the archaic origins of money and develops a historical-philosophical genealogy that spans from its sacred beginnings to the present day. He detective-like reveals how profit-making and coinage came to be. He scrutinizes the capitalist monetary system as well as the attempts to overcome it through socialism and the hopes for a moneyless state. In the realm of money, the world is turned upside down. Its immense power of fascination and dynamism ensure that it increasingly intrudes into non-monetary spaces and transforms them. Money occupies our desires and thoughts—not just since the introduction of coins or the beginning of modern monetary circulation. Nevertheless, it remains insufficiently clarified what money actually is, as the question of its origins has never been asked radically enough. Those who wish to understand must embark on this journey with Christoph Türcke.