ABSTRACT

Howard Sherman and William M. Dugger engage in a dialogue on social evolution from Institutionalist and Marxist perspectives, each representing one side. Together they explore the way society develops using the equally radical, but very different approaches of Thorstein Veblen and Karl Marx.

part |2 pages

Part I PRELIMINARIES

chapter 1|12 pages

WHAT IS EVOLUTION?

part |2 pages

Part II ELEMENTS

chapter 2|26 pages

ECONOMIC RELATIONS

chapter 3|26 pages

TECHNOLOGY

chapter 4|20 pages

ENABLING MYTH

chapter 5|30 pages

DEMOCRACY

part |2 pages

Part III PROCESSES

chapter 6|13 pages

STRUCTURAL CHANGE

chapter 7|9 pages

SOCIAL TENSIONS

chapter 8|22 pages

SOCIAL CONFLICT

part |2 pages

Part IV DENOUEMENT

chapter 9|8 pages

CONCLUSION: RECLAIMING EVOLUTION