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- Author: Helmut Schoeck
- Publisher: Liberty Fund
- ISBN-10: 0865970645
- ISBN-13: 9780865970649
- Format: 15 x 22.6 x 3.1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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This classic study is one of the few books to explore extensively the many facets of envy--"a drive which lies at the core of man's life as a social being." Ranging widely over literature, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences, Professor Schoeck-- a distinguished sociologist and anthropologist--elucidates both the constructive and destructive consequences of envy in social life. Perhaps most important, he demonstrates that not only the impetus toward a totalitarian regime but also the egalitarian impulse in democratic societies are alike in being rooted in envy.
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- Author: Helmut Schoeck
- Publisher: Liberty Fund
- ISBN-10: 0865970645
- ISBN-13: 9780865970649
- Format: 15 x 22.6 x 3.1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
This classic study is one of the few books to explore extensively the many facets of envy--"a drive which lies at the core of man's life as a social being." Ranging widely over literature, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences, Professor Schoeck-- a distinguished sociologist and anthropologist--elucidates both the constructive and destructive consequences of envy in social life. Perhaps most important, he demonstrates that not only the impetus toward a totalitarian regime but also the egalitarian impulse in democratic societies are alike in being rooted in envy.
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