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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778263803321

Autore

Tilman Rick

Titolo

Thorstein Veblen and the enrichment of evolutionary naturalism [[electronic resource] /] / Rick Tilman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbia, Mo., : University of Missouri Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8262-6597-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

300.92

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Naturalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-322) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Veblen, evolutionary naturalism, and secular humanism -- The theory of cultural lag revisited -- Veblen's cultural lag applied and compared -- On sports, religion, and gambling -- Aesthetician of the commoners -- Veblen and the sociology of control -- Veblen, Darwin, and sociobiology -- Veblen and the sociologists of knowledge -- Veblen's anthropology and structural-functional theory -- Evolutionary naturalism : its progressive enrichment.

Sommario/riassunto

"Tilman argues that evolutionary naturalism provides the philosophical foundations of Veblen's thought. He links evolutionary naturalism to Veblen's aesthetics, secular humanism, sociology of control, sociobiology, and sociology of knowledge, thereby initiating observations regarding the relationship of Veblen's own life to his thinking and his place as a cultural lag theorist"--Provided by publisher.