Thorstein Veblen and the enrichment of evolutionary naturalism / Rick Tilman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tilman, Rick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Naturalism.

Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929.

Veblen, Thorstein.

Physical Description:

xxii, 344 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, [2007]

Summary:

"Tilman argues that evolutionary naturalism provides the philosophical foundations of Veblen's thought. He links evolutionary naturalism to Veblen's aesthetics, secular humanism, sociology of control, sociobiology, and sociology of knowledge, thereby initiating observations regarding the relationship of Veblen's own life to his thinking and his place as a cultural lag theorist"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Veblen, evolutionary naturalism, and secular humanism

The theory of cultural lag revisited

Veblen's cultural lag applied and compared

On sports, religion, and gambling

Aesthetician of the commoners

Veblen and the sociology of control

Veblen, Darwin, and sociobiology

Veblen and the sociologists of knowledge

Veblen's anthropology and structural-functional theory

Evolutionary naturalism : its progressive enrichment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322) and index.

ISBN:

9780826217141

0826217141

OCLC:

76864112