The origins and dynamics of inequality : sex, politics, and ideology / Jon D. Wisman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wisman, Jon D., 1943- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--History.

Equality.

Sexual selection.

Secularism.

Power (Social sciences).

Ideology.

Evolutionary psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (521 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In 'The Origins and Dynamics of Inequality', Jon Wisman provides a re-interpretation of economic history and society. He argues that the struggle over income, wealth, and inequality has been the principal, defining issue in human history and provides a novel framework for understanding inequality today.

Contents:

Introduction: Inequality, sex, politics, and ideology

Blame it on sex

From aboriginal equality to limited and unstable inequality

The dynamics of religious legitimation

The state, civilization, and extreme inequality

The critical break : the bourgeoisie unchained

Theological revolution and the idea of equality

The shift toward secular ideology

Workers gain formal political power

From American exceptionalism to the great compression

Simon Kuznets' happy prognosis crushed in an ideological coup

Inequality, conspicuous consumption, and the growth trap

The problem is inequality, not private property and markets

What future for inequality?

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-757596-X

0-19-757595-1

0-19-757597-8