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Thorstein Veblen : theorist of the leisure class / John Patrick Diggins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Diggins, John P., author.
- Standardized Title:
- Bard of savagery
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Veblen, Thorstein, 1857-1929.
- Veblen, Thorstein.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiv, 261 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) Counter Fired by Stanford and the University of Chicago but recommended by his peers to the presidency of the American Economic Association, Thorstein Veblen remains a baffling figure in American intellectual history. In part because he was an eccentric who shunned publicity, he has also been one of our most neglected. Veblen is known to the general public only as coiner of the term "conspicuous consumption," and to scholars primarily as one of many social critics of the reform-minded Progressive Era. This important critical biography--originally published as The Bard of Savagery and now appearing in paperback for the first time--attempts both to unravel the riddles that surround his reputation and to assess his varied and important contributions to modern social theory.
- Contents:
- Preface: Social Theory and the Anthropological Imperative
- pt. 1. The Milieu and the Man
- Ch. 1. Veblen's America
- Ch. 2. Enter Veblen: "Disturber of the Intellectual Peace"
- Ch. 3. The Social Scientist as "Stranger"
- pt. 2. Theory and History
- Ch. 4. Economics and the Dilemma of Value Theory
- Ch. 5. Marx, Veblen, and the "Riddle" of Alienation
- Ch. 6. Reification, Animism, Emulation: The Cultural Hegemony of Capitalism
- Ch. 7. Veblen, Weber, and the "Spirit of Capitalism"
- pt. 3. Inside the Whale
- Ch. 8. The Barbarian Status of Women
- Ch. 9. The Tribes of Academe
- Ch. 10. America and the World
- Ch. 11. Disciples and Dissenters: Veblen's Legacy in American Thought and Social Action
- Ch. 12. Conclusion: Whither Capitalism?
- Notes:
- Originally published: The bard of savagery : Thorstein Veblen and modern social theory. New York : Seabury Press, 1978.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780691006543
- 0691006547
- OCLC:
- 1231563364
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