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John Ruskin's Political Economy

William Henderson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:14th Oct '99

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This volume offers an exciting new reading of John Ruskin's economic and social criticism, based on recent research into rhetoric in economics. Willie Henderson uses notions derived from literary criticism, the rhetorical turn in economics and more conventional approaches to historical economic texts to reevaluate Ruskins economic and social criticism. By identifying Ruskin's rhetoric, and by reading his work through that of Plato, Xenophon, and John Stuart Mill, Willie Henderson reveals how Ruskin manipulated a knowledge base. Moreover in analysis of the writings of William Smart, John Bates Clark and Alfred Marshall, the author shows that John Ruskin's influence on the cultural significance of economics and on notions of economic well-being has been considerable.

...a reading of Ruskin which is original, new and fecund. - Luigino Bruni, History of Economic Ideas IX 2001\1

ISBN: 9780415200677

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 521g

224 pages