Moss Social Inequality, Analytical Egalitarianism and the March Towards Eugenic Explanations in the Social Sciences

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-0708-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 300 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: AJES - Studies in Economic Reform and Social Justice

This book gathers together several essays by historians ofeconomics who express varying reactions to the Peart-Levy thesis.
* Contains several essays by historians of economics who expressvarying reactions to the thesis expressed in Professors Sandra J.Peart's and David M. Levy's book The 'Vanityof the Philosopher': From Equality to Hierarchy inPost-classical Economics
* Explains the importance of 'analytic egalitarianism' ineconomics and the sad consequences of moving away from thisapproach
* Provides reading that can complement reading lists ineconomics, the mathematics of gambling, and the political economyof the gaming industry

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moss, Laurence S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I. Editor's Introduction.
PART II. On the Peart and Levy Thesis.
Observations on The "Vanity of the Philosopher" (Charles R.McCann, Jr).
The "Vanity of the Philosopher": Analytical Egalitarianism,Associationist Psychology, and Eugenic Remaking? (AndrewFarrant).
In the Shadows of Vanity: Religion and the Debate Over Hierarchy(J. Daniel Hammond).
The Vanity of the Economist: A Comment on Peart andLevy'sThe "Vanity of the Philosopher" (Kevin D. Hoover).
Classical Equality: On the Content of Analytical Egalitarianism(Joseph Persky).
Thinking About Analytical Egalitarianism (David M. Levy andSandra J. Peart).
PART III. Anthroposociology.
Social Anthropology in Economic Literature at the End of the19th Century: Eugenic and Racial Explanations of Inequality(Terenzio Maccabelli).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Laurence S. Moss is the editor of the American Journal of Economics and Sociology. He advocates the cross-fertilization of ideas in both economics and sociology by the choice of topics included in the journal as well as the methodologies employed. He was born in New York City and now lives in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is a Full Professor of Economics at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts.