Thorstein Veblen and his America. With new appendices.

Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langj�igem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - letzten 3 Seiten unten eselsohrig, ansonsten tadelloser Zustand / last 3 pages dog-eared at the bottom, otherwise perfect condition - PREFACE -- The realm of scholarship knows of few cases like that of Thorstein Veblen. Thirty-five years have passed since the publication of The Theory of the Leisure Class, but its author still remains a figure of mystery and his views an object of controversy. In the hope that an inquiry into Veblen�s life history might throw some light on the meaning of his work, this study was undertaken. -- Afterword - Another cycle in Veblen�s life history is now in the making, and the question as to the exact nature of his influence remains still to be answered. Edgar Lee Masters� statement that Veblen �certainly set up an ironic shout and shot the system with fireworks� might well be accepted by many of Veblen�s followers, but the nature of the shout is so alien and so involuted, its overtones are so misleading, that men of widely conflicting views claim equally the authority of Veblen. Has his thinking actually become so assimilated in prevailing common sense that, as one scholar has said, �there would be no point in republishing The Theory of the Leisure Class� or is he so far ahead of his time that the best of the economists, as another scholar has declared, are only beginning to catch up with him? Is the vital and profound meaning of The Theory of the Leisure Class taking precedence of its satirical appearance? The answers rest with the future.