Veblen in Perspective: His Life and ThoughtRoutledge, 1 jun 2015 - 224 pagina's This work discusses the impact and contemporary relevance of the work of Thorstein Veblen, as well as the source of his ideas. It suggests that he was one of the first modern sociologists of consumption whose analysis of contemporary display and fashion anticipated later theories and research. |
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Pagina ix
... Sociology (1963) nearly four decades ago. In this brief but brilliant advertisement for sociology, Berger refers to just two of Veblen's eight booklength studies and describes him as “one of the early important sociologists in America ...
... Sociology (1963) nearly four decades ago. In this brief but brilliant advertisement for sociology, Berger refers to just two of Veblen's eight booklength studies and describes him as “one of the early important sociologists in America ...
Pagina x
... sociological contribution was intended as a guide to both the original and the secondary literature on Veblen. That I found this exercise instructive is reflected in the material for this book, although specific points of interpretation ...
... sociological contribution was intended as a guide to both the original and the secondary literature on Veblen. That I found this exercise instructive is reflected in the material for this book, although specific points of interpretation ...
Pagina 3
... sociology from the late nineteenth century can be said to have been impressed with and influenced by political and ... sociologists to contend that social scientific thought was in large part a response to the historically unique ...
... sociology from the late nineteenth century can be said to have been impressed with and influenced by political and ... sociologists to contend that social scientific thought was in large part a response to the historically unique ...
Pagina 4
... sociological contribution in much the same way that the emergence of industrial capitalism in Britain and later in Germany provided the empirical reference points for Karl Marx and Max Weber, respectively. Veblen was well acquainted ...
... sociological contribution in much the same way that the emergence of industrial capitalism in Britain and later in Germany provided the empirical reference points for Karl Marx and Max Weber, respectively. Veblen was well acquainted ...
Pagina 7
... sociology in America tended to celebrate rather than critique the progress of American capitalism. For example, William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), who taught the first course in sociology in America THE TIMES, LIFE, AND WORKS OF VEBLEN 7.
... sociology in America tended to celebrate rather than critique the progress of American capitalism. For example, William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), who taught the first course in sociology in America THE TIMES, LIFE, AND WORKS OF VEBLEN 7.
Inhoudsopgave
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2 The Mistaken Marginality of the Man from Mars | 30 |
Ethnicity and Evolutionism | 57 |
Back to the Future? | 76 |
5 The Conspicuous Conservation of Leisure Class Culture | 101 |
Predatory Institutions | 117 |
Workmanship Institutions | 137 |
8 Conclusions | 160 |
References | 169 |
Index | 185 |
About the Author | 209 |
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