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A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism
From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism
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A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism
From Leisure Class to War, Peace and Capitalism
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First Published in 2015. Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) was a contemporary of John Dewey and C.S. Peirce and ranks as one of the seminal minds of his generation of American thinkers in economics and sociology. He was a caustic critic of American business culture and his prose being peppered with Latin vocabulary might have made his ideas difficult to comprehend to the layperson. This collection of his writings looks at Veblen's works, main concepts and enables the reader to sample the broad spectrum of his thought and to reach his or her own conclusions regarding its present relevance.
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Index
Absentee Ownership (Vebien), xxiv
Accumulation, 17, 21–22, 171–73, 176n.16
Acquisition, 106–7, 156
Advertising, 256, 306, 318, 319
see also Salesmanship
Aesthetic cultivation, 43
valuation of, 81
Aggression, 13 Ainu (people), 200
Animals, 76–79
Aptitude, 60–61, 382
Archaism, 89
Architecture, 83
Aristocracy, 6
see also Leisure class
Armaments, 371
Armistice, 350
Art. See Beauty; Culture
Austerity, 67
Autonomy, 342–43, 367
Balance of power, 351
Bandwagon effects, xx
Banking, 254, 255–56
Barbarism, 5–6, 7, 10, 279–80
Beauty, 70–89
of animals, 76–79
of clothing, 95–96
in people, 79–81
Bemis, Edward, xiv
Bentham, Jeremy, 153
Best Families, 241n.8, 378
Bolshevism, 390–92
Book manufacture, 87–88
Bradley, Ann, x
Brand names, 257
Breeding, 28, 30, 31
see also Pedigree
Britain. See England
Brotherly love, 295–96, 298, 301–3
Bushmen (people), 200
Business, xxii, 110–11
arts, 234–35
see also Ind...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editor’s Introduction
- The Theory of the Leisure Class
- In Criticism of Economists
- The Basis of Social Institutions
- The Case of the United States
- Culture, Religion, and Education
- On War, Peace, and Capitalism
- Books and Articles by Thorstein
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
- About the Editor