Sociology 2270A/B Chapter 10: THORSTEIN VEBLEN
25 Apr 2018
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Textbook notes: veblen distinguished between the evolution of the commmunity and the evolution of the individual, the difference has led to an important discontinuity in evolution, communities don"t compete anymore, they cooperate in industrial matters. Industrial arts were applied for common good: barbarism/predatory viewed negatively, described as warlike and competitive. Darwinism/social darwinism/spencerian evolutionism: leads to a simplistic model of human history, his views were dated and racist as well. Lower ethnic elements", viewed the negro population of the south as low in economic efficiency and intelligence". Industry/drudgery: effort that goes to create a new thing, with new purpose given it by the fashioning hand of its maker out of passive (brute) material. Being such an agent" leads him to love effective work and hate useless effort. He praises efficiency and hates waste/uselessness/incapacity: people make their efficiency visible to others so they are praised/gain self esteem.
