The production of seriousness: the metaphysics of economic reason

New York: Palgrave-Macmillan (2011)
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This bookis 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'

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HB72.G875 2012

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9780230354883   0230354882

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