Thorstein Veblen on culture and society / Stjepan Mestrovic.

Includes bibliographical references (page 192) and index.

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation -- Chapter 2 -- The Instability of Knowledge and Belief -- Chapter 3 -- The Technology of the Predatory Culture -- Chapter 4 -- The Dynastic State in Germany -- Chapter 5 -- Higher Learning -- Chapter 6 -- Sabotage -- Chapter 7 -- Patriotism -- Chapter 8 -- The Barbarian Status if Women -- Chapter 9 -- The Economic Theory on Women's Dress -- Chapter 10 -- Dementia Praecox -- Chapter 11 -- Manufacture and Salesmanship -- Chapter 12 -- The Larger Uses of Credit -- Bibliography.

Best known as the author of the brilliant book, The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899), Thorstein Veblen was much more than a one-book wonder. He is in fact a seminal classical sociologist who made many original contributions to the study of culture and society. Veblen has good claim to be considered the first, genuine sociologist of consumer society. Long before Bourdieu, Baudrillard, Lasch, or Ritzer, he exhibited a highly developed understanding of the rituals of exchange, the foibles of status and the cultural value of waste. This inspired selection conveys the full zest and penetrating insights of Veblen's writings. The collection comes with a full length essay which demonstrates the continuing relevance of Veblen's sociology.

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