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Social Evolutionism: A Reply to Michael Rustin

“I am grateful to Michael Rustin for his considered discussion of my Treatise on Social Theory and to the Editors of the nlr for giving me the opportunity to respond to him.” read more

The 'Triumph' of Capitalism as a Topic in the Theory of Social Selection

“By ‘capitalism’ I mean a mode of production in which formally free labour is recruited for regular employment by ongoing enterprises competing in the market for profit. This is an evidently Weberian definition: it takes up more or less directly Weber’s account of the rise of bü rgerlicher . . .” read more