Envy : a theory of social behaviour /

"Envy was first published in German in 1966, then in an English translation in 1970. 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, philoso...

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Autor principal: Schoeck, Helmut
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Alemán
Publicado: Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 1987.
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240 1 0 |a Neid.  |l Inglés 
245 1 0 |a Envy :  |b a theory of social behaviour /  |c by Helmut Schoeck ; [translated from the German by Michael Glenny and Betty Ross]. 
260 |a Indianapolis :  |b Liberty Fund,  |c 1987. 
300 |a x, 452 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 |a Traducción de: Der Neid. 
500 |a Editado originalmente: New York : Harcourt, Brace & World, 1969. 
504 |a Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 429-436) e índice. 
505 0 |a Man the envier -- Envy in language -- The envious man and his culture -- Envy and black magic -- The envy-barrier of the developing countries -- The psychology of envy -- Envy as seen by the social sciences -- Crimes of envy -- The envy of the gods and the concept of fate -- The envious man in fiction -- Envy as the subject of philosophy -- Politics and the appeasement of envy -- In praise of poverty : from sumptuary laws to contempt for the affluent society -- The sense of justice and the idea of equality -- The guilt of being unequal -- The eminent in the society of equals -- The society redeemed from envy -- a utopia -- Is ownership theft? -- Social indignation -- Envy as tax collector -- Social revolutions -- A theory of envy in human existence. 
520 |a "Envy was first published in German in 1966, then in an English translation in 1970. 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 importantly 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." --Descripción del editor. 
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