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Thorstein Veblen : theorist of the leisure class /
Fired by Stanford and the University of Chicago but recommended by his peers to the presidency of the American Economic Association, Thorstein Veblen remains a baffling figure in American intellectual history. In part because he was an eccentric who shunned publicity, he has also been one of our mos...
| Clasificación: | HB119 V4 D5.43 |
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1999.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part one. The milieu and the man.
- Chapter one. Veblen's america.
- Chapter two. Enter veblen: "disturber of the intellectual peace".
- Chapter three. The social scientist as "stranger".
- Part two. Theory and history.
- Chapter four. Economics and the dilema of value theory.
- Capter five. Marx, Veblen, and the "riddle" of alienation.
- Chapter six. Reification, animism, emulation: the cultural hegemony.
- Chapter seven. Veblen, Weber, and the "spirit of capitalism".
- Part three. Inside the whale.
- Chapter eight. The barbarian status of women.
- Chapter nine. The tribes of academe.
- Chapter ten. America and the world.
- Chapter eleven. isciples and dissenters: Veblen's legacy in american thought.
- Chapter twelve. Conclusion: whither capitalism?.