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Para una crítica de las instituciones imbéciles: economía política y antropología en Thorstein Veblen

Towards a critique of imbecile institutions: Thorstein Veblen on political economy and anthropology
[journal article]

Arenas, Luis

Abstract

El presente artículo tiene la intención de reivindicar el pensamiento y la crítica social de Thorstein Veblen que, a pesar del silencio académico que ha sufrido en las últimas décadas, sigue vigente. Buena parte de su obra tuvo como objetivo diseccionar el irracional quid pro quo que caracteri... view more

El presente artículo tiene la intención de reivindicar el pensamiento y la crítica social de Thorstein Veblen que, a pesar del silencio académico que ha sufrido en las últimas décadas, sigue vigente. Buena parte de su obra tuvo como objetivo diseccionar el irracional quid pro quo que caracterizaba a la lógica económica de su tiempo -que en muchos sentidos sigue siendo el nuestro-. A través de algunos de sus conceptos analíticos centrales como "clase ociosa", "consumo ostensible", "intereses creados", "sabotaje capitalista","propiedad ausente" y "capitanes de industria", el pensamiento de Veblen ha adquirido una inesperada actualidad en nuestros tiempos, en los que la deslegitimación del sistema económico dominante ha sufrido una vertiginosa aceleración. Este artículo aspira a poner de manifiesto el hilo invisible que une al “capitán de industria” de Veblen con el "empren- dedor" de la época del capitalismo neoliberal, con la esperanza de volver a hacer resonar la potencia hermenéutica que encierra su obra.... view less


This article aims to vindicate Thorstein Veblen’s social criticism, arguing that, in spite of the academic silence that it has been subjected to in the last decades, it is still valid. Most of Veblen’ work was focused on analyzing the irrational quid pro quo that characterized the economic logic of ... view more

This article aims to vindicate Thorstein Veblen’s social criticism, arguing that, in spite of the academic silence that it has been subjected to in the last decades, it is still valid. Most of Veblen’ work was focused on analyzing the irrational quid pro quo that characterized the economic logic of his time (which in many ways is still our time). Through some of its main analytical concepts ("leisure class", "conspicuous consumption", "vested interests", "capitalist sabotage", "absentee ownership", "captains of industry", etc.), Veblen's thought has become unexpectedly relevant in our times due to the accelerated delegitimization of the dominant economic system. This article’s purpose is to outline the invisible thread that exists between Veblen's "captain of industry" and the "entrepreneur" in the era of neoliberal capitalism, as a way to highlight anew the hermeneutical strength of his work.... view less

Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics

Free Keywords
criticism of capitalism; homo economicus; leisure class; extractive elites; institutional economics

Document language
Spanish

Publication Year
2020

Page/Pages
p. 65-87

Journal
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 65 (2020) 240

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.2448492xe.2020.240.69486

ISSN
2448-492X

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0


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