The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts
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The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts is a 1914 socio-economic treatise by Thorstein Veblen that analyzes how human workmanship instincts shape technological development, industry, and social institutions.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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socio-economic treatise ⓘ |
| academicDisciplineUsed |
political economy
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social psychology of work ⓘ |
| author | Thorstein Veblen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
development of institutional economics
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sociology of work ⓘ theory of technology and culture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
how workmanship instincts shape technological progress
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interaction between technology and economic organization ⓘ social consequences of industrial arts ⓘ |
| field |
economics
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history of technology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conflict between workmanship and pecuniary motives
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human instinct for efficient workmanship ⓘ impact of technology on social order ⓘ relationship between workmanship and industry ⓘ |
| genre |
economics literature
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social theory ⓘ sociology literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of pecuniary capitalism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Darwinian evolutionary theory
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institutional economics tradition ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
economic institutions
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evolutionary economics ⓘ industrial arts ⓘ institutional economics ⓘ social institutions ⓘ technological development ⓘ technology and society ⓘ workmanship instinct ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
industrial arts as social institution
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instinct of workmanship ⓘ tension between technology and business interests ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
The Theory of Business Enterprise
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The Theory of the Leisure Class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | evolutionary and institutional analysis ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | modern industrial era ⓘ |
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