John Ruskin's political economy [[electronic resource] /] / Willie Henderson

• Autore: Henderson Willie <1947->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 330/.092
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Great Britain - History - 19th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-196) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; John Ruskin's Political Economy; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Reason, Rhetoric and John Ruskin; 2. Why Read Ruskin on Political Economy?; 3. Ruskin on Economic Agency; 4. Xenophon, Ruskin and Economic Management; 5. Plato and Ruskin: Searching for Economic Justice; 6. John Ruskin Reading John Stuart Mill; 7. Systematic and Anti-systematic Thinking: Ruskin and Mill Revisited; 8. William Smart (1853-1915): Economist and Ruskinian?; 9. Ruskinian Influences on Other Theorists: John Bates Clark An1d Alfred Marshall; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume offers an exciting new reading of John Ruskin's economic and social criticism, based on recent research into rhetoric in economics. Willie Henderson uses notions derived from literary criticism, the rhetorical turn in economics and more conventional approaches to historical economic texts to reevaluate Ruskins economic and social criticism. By identifying Ruskin's rhetoric, and by reading his work through that of Plato, Xenophon, and John Stuart Mill, Willie Henderson reveals how Ruskin manipulated a knowledge base. Moreover in analysis of the writings of William Smart, John Bates
• Titolo autorizzato: John Ruskin's political economy
• ISBN: 1-134-63655-5; 1-280-33178-X; 0-203-02426-5; 0-203-15946-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778861303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 32.