ISBN:
9781783085095
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Anthem Companions to Sociology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Veblen, Thorstein
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"The Anthem Companion to Thorstein Veblen" offers a collection of original essays by leading scholars in the field of Veblen studies. Contributions span a wide range of Veblen's concerns, with a special emphasis on Veblen's significance for contemporary debates about epistemology, social evolution, values, higher education, capitalist development and politics.
Abstract:
Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Thorstein Veblen'selusive Project -- Pulling Themes Together: Action and Situation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapters (1-9) -- Part I Method, Philosophy and Values -- Chapter One The Instinct of Workmanship and Other Philosophical Concepts in Thorstein Veblen's Methodology -- What the World Is Like -- Why Is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science? -- Are Instincts Data or Hypotheses?-Particularly, the Instinct of Workmanship? -- Human Nature Restated in Terms of Habit -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Two Reconsidering Thorstein -- Veblen on Instincts -- Veblen's Instincts -- The Parental Bent -- The Instinct of Workmanship -- Idle Curiosity -- The Predatory Instinct -- Emulatory Instinct -- Other Instincts -- Influences on Veblen's Conception of Instincts -- Jacques Loeb -- William McDougall -- C. Lloyd Morgan -- William James -- Maurice Parmalee -- A Closer Look at Veblen and Instincts -- Tilman on Veblen and Instinct -- Hodgson on Veblen's Use of Instinct and Habit -- The Rationale for Re-exploring Veblen's Instincts -- Instincts as Adaptations -- The Parental Bent as Adaptations -- The Instinct of Workmanship Considered -- Idle Curiosity as an Adaptation -- The Predatory Instinct -- Emulation as an Adaptation -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Three Roman Catholic Critics of Thorstein Veblen and Institutional Economists -- Introduction -- Dobriansky's Attack on "Veblenism" via Philosophia Perennis -- Shannon's Attack on "Conspicuous Criticism" -- Cardinal Ratzinger and a Recent Critique of Veblen -- Veblen, Dewey and Ayres: Religious Upbringing Discarded -- Veblen: The Meaning of the "Generic Ends of Life, Impersonally Considered" -- Obiter Dicta -- Conclusion.
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