ABSTRACT

This Routledge Revival sees the reissue of a seminal work by British economist, sociologist and academic John A. Hobson, elucidating his views on a variety of topics across the social sciences. He makes particular reference to the struggle between the disinterested urge of the social scientist and the interests and other motive forces which tend to influence and mould his processes of inquiry. The work is split into three parts, focussing upon free-thinking, economics and political ethics respectively.

part |1 pages

PART I THE ART OF FREE-THINKING

chapter I|6 pages

THE DISINTERESTED PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

chapter II|5 pages

THE BIAS OF METAPHOR

chapter III|4 pages

DISINTERESTED SCIENCE AND THE INTERESTS

chapter IV|3 pages

TABOOS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

chapter V|7 pages

PERSONAL AND ECONOMIC BIASES

part |1 pages

PART II THE MAKING OF AN ECONOMIC SCIENCE

chapter I|16 pages

THE RISE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

chapter II|12 pages

NEO-CLASSICAL ECONOMICS IN BRITAIN

chapter III|10 pages

MARGINALISM IN NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS

chapter IV|8 pages

THE ECONOMICS OF HUMAN WELFARE

chapter V|11 pages

PROLETARIAN ECONOMICS

chapter |4 pages

APPENDIX: ECONOMIC UTILITARIANISM

part |1 pages

PART III FREE-THOUGHT IN POLITICS AND ETHICS

chapter I|12 pages

POWER-POLITICS

chapter II|12 pages

RACE EUGENICS AS A POLICY

chapter III|23 pages

THE STRUGGLE FOR A FREE ETHICS

chapter IV|10 pages

THE SURVIVAL POWER OF FREE-THOUGHT