The production of seriousness: the metaphysics of economic reason

This book is about the roots of managerial rationality. A theoretical base, founded on the concept of 'memetics' is developed in order to explain human thinking and human reason as products of cultural evolution. Cultural change and development are explained by simple, value-driven memetic...

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Main Author: Gustafsson, Claes-Håkan 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 2011
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Online Access:UBR01
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Summary:This book is about the roots of managerial rationality. A theoretical base, founded on the concept of 'memetics' is developed in order to explain human thinking and human reason as products of cultural evolution. Cultural change and development are explained by simple, value-driven memetic mechanisms like 'ritualization' and 'extremization'
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (240 p.)
Format:Document
ISBN:9780230354883
9780230355712

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