Thorstein Veblen : theorist of the leisure class
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Thorstein Veblen : theorist of the leisure class
(Princeton paperbacks)
Princeton University Press, c1999
[pbk. ed.]
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The bard of savagery : Thorstein Veblen and modern social theory
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Originally published: The bard of savagery : Thorstein Veblen and modern social theory. New York : Seabury Press, 1978
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 most neglected. Veblen is known to the general public only as coiner of the term "conspicuous consumption," and to scholars primarily as one of many social critics of the reform-minded Progressive Era. This important critical biography--originally published as The Bard of Savagery and now appearing in paperback for the first time--attempts both to unravel the riddles that surround his reputation and to assess his varied and important contributions to modern social theory.
Table of Contents
Preface: Social Theory and the Anthropological ImperativeIntroduction to the Paperback EditionList of AbbreviationsPt. 1The Milieu and the Man1Ch. 1Veblen's America3Ch. 2Enter Veblen: "Disturber of the Intellectual Peace"14Ch. 3The Social Scientist as "Stranger"31Pt. 2Theory and History41Ch. 4Economics and the Dilemma of Value Theory43Ch. 5Marx, Veblen, and the "Riddle" of Alienation59Ch. 6Reification, Animism, Emulation: The Cultural Hegemony of Capitalism83Ch. 7Veblen, Weber, and the "Spirit of Capitalism"111Pt. 3Inside the Whale137Ch. 8The Barbarian Status of Women139Ch. 9The Tribes of Academe167Ch. 10America and the World184Ch. 11Disciples and Dissenters: Veblen's Legacy in American Thought and Social Action208Ch. 12Conclusion: Whither Capitalism?225Notes231Index253
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