Social Inequality, Analytical Egalitarianism, and the March Towards Eugenic Explanations in the Social Sciences

Copyright © 2008 American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Inc.

Social Inequality, Analytical Egalitarianism, and the March Towards Eugenic Explanations in the Social Sciences

Editor(s): Laurence S. Moss

Published Online: 17 MAR 2009

Print ISBN: 9781405191258

Online ISBN: 9781444307078

DOI: 10.1002/9781444307078

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This book gathers together several essays by historians of economics who express varying reactions to the Peart-Levy thesis.

  • Contains several essays by historians of economics who express varying reactions to the thesis expressed in Professors Sandra J. Peart's and David M. Levy's book The 'Vanity of the Philosopher': From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-classical Economics
  • Explains the importance of 'analytic egalitarianism' in economics and the sad consequences of moving away from this approach
  • Provides reading that can complement reading lists in economics, the mathematics of gambling, and the political economy of the gaming industry

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–v)

  2. I

    1. Editor's Introduction (pages 1–5)

  3. Part II: On the Peart and Levy Thesis

    1. Observations on The “Vanity of the Philosopher” (pages 7–19)

      Charles R. McCann

    2. The “Vanity of the Philosopher”: Analytical Egalitarianism, Associationist Psychology, and Eugenic Remaking? (pages 21–34)

      Andrew Farrant

    3. In the Shadows of Vanity: Religion and the Debate Over Hierarchy (pages 35–49)

      J. Daniel Hammond

    4. The Vanity of the Economist: A Comment on Peart and Levy's The “Vanity of the Philosopher” (pages 51–59)

      Kevin D. Hoover

    5. Classical Equality: On the Content of Analytical Egalitarianism (pages 61–77)

      Joseph Persky

    6. Thinking About Analytical Egalitarianism (pages 79–85)

      David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart

  4. Part III: Anthroposociology

    1. Social Anthropology in Economic Literature at the End of the 19th Century: Eugenic and Racial Explanations of Inequality (pages 87–133)

      Terenzio Maccabelli

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      Index (pages 135–139)

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