Essential Writings of Thorstein Veblen (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Camic, Charles; Hodgson, Geoffrey M

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 38 selections in the volume include complete texts of all of Veblen's major articles and book reviews from 1882 to 1914, plus key chapters from his books The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), The Theory of Business Enterprise (1904) and The Instinct of Workmanship (1914). These writings present a wide range of Veblen's most significant contributions, especially with respect to the philosophical and psychological foundations of economics, sociology, and other social sciences.

A thorougly comprehensive volume, this is the only collection to present Veblen's writings in chronological order, so that their development can be correctly understood. The volume is edited by a leading sociologist and a prominent economist, who provide extensive introductory essays which include item-by-item commentaries that place each selection in its intellectual-historical context and in relation to subsequent developments in economics. It makes for a valuable source of reference both for students and researchers alike.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 656
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136942235
• Artikelnr.: 42977646

Autorenporträt

Charles Camic is John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. Previously, he was Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Geoffrey M. Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire. He is an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and the author of of over 100 academic journal articles, as well as having written numerous books.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction Part 1. 1882-1898 Early Works Introduction to Part 1
1. 'Mill's Theory of the Taxation of Land' (1882) 2. 'Kant's Critique of
Judgment' (1884) 3. 'Some Neglected Points in the Theory of Socialism'
(1891)4. 'Böhm-Bawerk's Definition of Capital and the Source of Wages'
(1892) 5. 'The Food Supply and the Price of Wheat' (1893) 6. Review of The
Land-Systems of British India by B.H. Baden-Powell (1893) 7. Review of Der
Parlamentarismus, die Volksgesetzgebung und die Socialdemokratie by Karl
Kautsky (1894) 8. 'The Economic Theory of Women's Dress (1894) 9. Review of
Misére de la Philosophie by Karl Marx and Review of Socialisme et Science
Positive by Enrico Ferri (1896) 10. Review of Einfuhrung in den Socialismus
by Richard Calwer (1897) 11. Review of Essais sur la conception
matérialiste de l'histoire by Antonio Labriola (1897) 12. Review of Die
Marxistische Socialdemokratic by Max Lorenz (1897) 13. Review of Über
einige Grundfragen der Socialpolitik und der Volkswirtschaftslehre by
Gustav Schmoller (1898) 14. Review of Aristocracy and Evolution: A Study of
the Rights, the Origins and the Social Functions of the Wealthier Classes
by William H. Mallock (1898) Part 2. 1898-1899 Intellectual Effloresence
Introduction to Part 2 15. 'Why Is Economics Not an Evolutionary Science?'
(1898) 16. 'The Instinct of Workmanship and the Irksomeness of Labor'
(1898) 17. 'The Beginnings of Ownership' (1898) 18. 'The Barbarian Status
of Women' (1899) 19. The Preconceptions of Economic Science,' Parts I, II,
III (1899-1900) 20. Review of The Development of English Thought: A Study
in the Economic Interpretation of History by Simon N. Patten (1899) 21. The
Theory of the Leisure Class: An Economic Study in the Evolution of
Institutions, Chapter 8 (1899) Part 3. 1899-1906 Critiques and Further
DevelopmentsIntroduction to Part 3 22. 'Mr. Cummings's Strictures on The
Theory of the Leisure Class' (1899) 23. Review of Social Laws: An Outline
of Sociology by Gabriel Tarde (1900) 24. 'Industrial and Pecuniary
Employments' (1901) 25. 'Gustav Schmoller's Economics' (1901) 26. Review of
Psychologie économique by Gabriel Tarde (1902) 27. Review of Der moderne
Kapitalismus by Werner Sombart (1903) 28. Review of Pure Sociology: A
Treatise Concerning the Origin and Spontaneous Development of Society by
Lester Ward (1903) 29. The Theory of Business Enterprise, Chapter 7 (1904)
30. 'The Place of Science in Modern Civilization' (1906) 31. 'The Socialist
Economics of Karl Marx and His Followers,' Parts I & 2 (1906-7) Part 4.
1907-1914 The Penultimate Period Introduction to Part 4 32.'Professor
Clark's Economics' (1908) 33. 'On the Nature of Capital' Parts I & II
(1908) 34. 'The Evolution of the Scientific Point of View' (1908) 35.
'Fisher's Capital and Income' (1908) and 'Fisher's Rate of Interest' (1909)
36. 'The Limitations of Marginal Utility' (1909) 37. 'The Mutation Theory
and the Blond Race' (1913) 38. The Instinct of Workmanship, and the State
of the Industrial Arts (1914), Preface, Chapter 1, and part of Chapter 2.
Complete List of Veblen's Published Writings List of Works Cited by Veblen
Other References Index