Original Institutional Economics and Political Anthropology: Reflections on the Nature of Coercive Power and Vested Interests in the Works of Thorstein Veblen and Pierre Clastres

Authors

Manuel Ramon Souza Luz, Portland State University
John B. Hall, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Journal of Economic Issues

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

5-13-2019

Abstract

Our inquiry advances a comparison of the anthropological content of Thorstein Veblen’s evolutionary perspective with the foundations of the political anthropology drawn from selected works of Pierre Clastres. We seek to establish that what can be referred to as a clastrean reference can simultaneously offer new perspectives on institutionalism, while maintaining a radical and emancipatory understanding of Veblen’s writings. In this sense, we seek to reconsider and reevaluate the role of economic surplus drawn from Veblen’s anthropology, while also offering a general and critical perspective for understanding the emergence of coercive power within societies.

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© 2019, Journal of Economic Issues /Association for Evolutionary Economics

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1080/00213624.2019.1603758

DOI

10.1080/00213624.2019.1603758

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28984

Citation Details

Luz, M. R. S., & Hall, J. (2019). Original Institutional Economics and Political Anthropology: Reflections on the Nature of Coercive Power and Vested Interests in the Works of Thorstein Veblen and Pierre Clastres. Journal of Economic Issues (Taylor & Francis Ltd), 53(2), 508–514.