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Wither Business Ideology: Revisiting Veblen's Theory of Engineers as Revolutionary Actors

Sabanci Üniversitesi

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	Abstract

Abstract

Each major work of Veblen is a theoretical step taken further towards the solution of the problem already posed in The Theory of the Leisure Class: the continuity of the habit of invidious comparison that renders humans self-centric agents. Veblen, by juxtaposing "engineers" to the pecuniary class, sought to illustrate a contingency for the negation of invidious comparison, which may eradicate the legitimacy of business ideology and its reckless and futile end of accumulation of personal wealth.

First published on February 20, 2009, doi:10.1177/0486613409331431

Review of Radical Political Economics 2009;41:196.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009


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