Veblen in Perspective: His Life and ThoughtRoutledge, 2015 M06 1 - 224 páginas This work discusses the impact and contemporary relevance of the work of Thorstein Veblen, as well as the source of his ideas. It suggests that he was one of the first modern sociologists of consumption whose analysis of contemporary display and fashion anticipated later theories and research. |
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... ill health and then by Thatcherism (Edgell and Duke 1991). In between collecting and reporting on a longitudinal survey research into the social and political effects of Thatcherism, I took some more time out from ix Preface.
... ill health and then by Thatcherism (Edgell and Duke 1991). In between collecting and reporting on a longitudinal survey research into the social and political effects of Thatcherism, I took some more time out from ix Preface.
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... political and economic revolutions, notably democratization and industrialization, plus intellectual innovations, including socialism and the growth of science (Ritzer 1992). In addition, the personal experience of these factors in any ...
... political and economic revolutions, notably democratization and industrialization, plus intellectual innovations, including socialism and the growth of science (Ritzer 1992). In addition, the personal experience of these factors in any ...
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... political predicament (1969b [1919], 165–175). Hence, it is unsurprising to find that populist themes, such as the increasingly pervasive something-for-nothing culture of American capitalism as exemplified by the free income of absentee ...
... political predicament (1969b [1919], 165–175). Hence, it is unsurprising to find that populist themes, such as the increasingly pervasive something-for-nothing culture of American capitalism as exemplified by the free income of absentee ...
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... political equality (Strauss 1971). With the singular exception of Veblen, key contemporary figures in the development of sociology in America tended to celebrate rather than critique the progress of American capitalism. For example ...
... political equality (Strauss 1971). With the singular exception of Veblen, key contemporary figures in the development of sociology in America tended to celebrate rather than critique the progress of American capitalism. For example ...
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... political contemporaries. He saw it as wasteful since “at no time is it free from derangements” instigated “as a matter of course” by the business class (Veblen 1975 [1904], 34). Veblen regretted that this “normal” situation did not ...
... political contemporaries. He saw it as wasteful since “at no time is it free from derangements” instigated “as a matter of course” by the business class (Veblen 1975 [1904], 34). Veblen regretted that this “normal” situation did not ...
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2 The Mistaken Marginality of the Man from Mars | 30 |
Ethnicity and Evolutionism | 57 |
Back to the Future? | 76 |
5 The Conspicuous Conservation of Leisure Class Culture | 101 |
Predatory Institutions | 117 |
Workmanship Institutions | 137 |
8 Conclusions | 160 |
References | 169 |
Index | 185 |
About the Author | 209 |
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