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Author Henderson, Willie, 1947-

Title John Ruskin's political economy / Willie Henderson
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 200 pages)
Series Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 32
Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 32.
Contents 1. Reason, rhetoric and John Ruskin -- 2. Why read Ruskin on political economy? -- 3. Ruskin on economic agency -- 4. Xenophon, Ruskin and economic management -- 5. Plato and Ruskin : searching for economic justice -- 6. John Ruskin reading John Stuart Mill -- 7. Systematic and anti-systematic thinking : Ruskin and Mill revisited -- 8. William Smart (1853-1915) : economist and Ruskinian? -- 9. Ruskinian influences on other theorists : John Bates Clark an1d Alfred Marshall
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-196) and index
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Subject Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Knowledge -- Economics
SUBJECT Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 fast
Subject Economics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
Economics
Great Britain
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203159462
9780203159460
0415200679
9780415200677
0203024265
9780203024263