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Thorstein Veblen : Theorist of the Leisure Class /

Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Counter 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 eccentri...

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Autor principal: Diggins, John P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: Social Theory and the Anthropological Imperative
  • pt. 1. The Milieu and the Man
  • Ch. 1. Veblen's America
  • Ch. 2. Enter Veblen: "Disturber of the Intellectual Peace"
  • Ch. 3. The Social Scientist as "Stranger"
  • pt. 2. Theory and History
  • Ch. 4. Economics and the Dilemma of Value Theory
  • Ch. 5. Marx, Veblen, and the "Riddle" of Alienation
  • Ch. 6. Reification, Animism, Emulation: The Cultural Hegemony of Capitalism
  • Ch. 7. Veblen, Weber, and the "Spirit of Capitalism"
  • pt. 3. Inside the Whale
  • Ch. 8. The Barbarian Status of Women
  • Ch. 9. The Tribes of Academe
  • Ch. 10. America and the World
  • Ch. 11. Disciples and Dissenters: Veblen's Legacy in American Thought and Social Action
  • Ch. 12. Conclusion: Whither Capitalism?