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Ferdinand Tonnies, Thorstein Veblen and Karl Marx: From community to society and back?

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German Ferdinand Tonnies (1855 - 1936) and American Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929) are influential figures in the history of the social sciences, whose intellectual relationship has been ignored. However, there are important and illuminating similarities and differences in their critiques of Karl Marx (1818 - 83), as well as in the transition from community to modernity in Western culture and society. This article begins with their account of the nature of the Western community in the Middle Ages and its passage to modernity via the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. It culminates with their critiques of Marx and his and their mutual efforts to construct an ersatz community to replace the one that was lost.

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  • Rick Tilman, 2004. "Ferdinand Tonnies, Thorstein Veblen and Karl Marx: From community to society and back?," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(4), pages 579-606.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:11:y:2004:i:4:p:579-606
    DOI: 10.1080/0967256042000292114
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    1. Heyns Anri, 2019. "Mining Community Development in South Africa: A Critical Consideration of How the Law and Development Approach the Concept “Community”," The Law and Development Review, De Gruyter, vol. 12(2), pages 561-593, June.
    2. Rick Tilman, 2005. "Thorstein Veblen’s Views on American “Exceptionalism”: An Interpretation," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 177-204, March.
    3. Richard L. Brinkman & June E. Brinkman, 2006. "Cultural Lag: In the Tradition of Veblenian Economics," Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 1009-1028, December.
    4. Ahmet Öncü, 2017. "On the Possibility of a “Soviet of Techniciansâ€," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 49(1), pages 67-82, March.

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