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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146102703321

Titolo

Social inequality, analytical egalitarianism, and the march towards eugenic explanations in the social sciences [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Laurence S. Moss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

ISBN

9786612030147

1-282-03014-0

1-4443-0707-X

1-4443-0708-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (147 p.)

Collana

AJES - Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice

Altri autori (Persone)

MossLaurence S. <1944->

Disciplina

330.15/3

330.153

Soggetti

Economics - History - 19th century

Economics - History - 20th century

Classical school of economics

Neoclassical school of economics

Equality - Economic aspects

Eugenics - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SOCIAL INEQUALITY, ANALYTICAL EGALITARIANISM, AND THE MARCH TOWARDS EUGENIC EXPLANATIONS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; Contents; I. Editor's Introduction; II. ON THE PEART AND LEVY THESIS: Observations on The "Vanity of the Philosopher"; The "Vanity of the Philosopher": Analytical Egalitarianism, Associationist Psychology, and Eugenic Remaking?; In the Shadows of Vanity: Religion and the Debate Over Hierarchy; The Vanity of the Economist: A Comment on Peart and Levy's The "Vanity of the Philosopher"*; Classical Equality: On the Content of Analytical Egalitarianism

Thinking About Analytical EgalitarianismIII. ANTHROPOSOCIOLOGY: Social Anthropology in Economic Literature at the End of the 19th



Century: Eugenic and Racial Explanations of Inequality; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book gathers together several essays by historians of economics who express varying reactions to the Peart-Levy thesis.Contains several essays by historians of economics who express varying reactions to the thesis expressed in Professors Sandra J. Peart's and David M. Levy's book The 'Vanity of the Philosopher': From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-classical EconomicsExplains the importance of 'analytic egalitarianism' in economics and the sad consequences of moving away from this approachProvides reading that can complement reading lists in economics, the mathematics