"Unto this Last": Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy

John Ruskin

ISBN 10: 0803251653 / ISBN 13: 9780803251656

Published by University of Nebraska Press, 1984

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Edge wear and bending. Edited with an introduction by Lloyd J. Hudenka. Copyright 1967 by the University of Nebraska Press. Contents - Editor's Introduction; Selected Bibliography; A Note on the Text; Author's Preface; Essay I. The Roots of Honor; II.The Veins of Wealth, III. Qui Judicatis Terram; IV. Ad Valorem.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Unto this Last": Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803251653
• ISBN 13: 9780803251656
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Economics

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Synopsis

First and foremost an outcry against injustice and inhumanity, "Unto this Last" is also a closely argued assault on the science of political economy, which dominated the Victorian period. Ruskin was a profoundly conservative man who looked back to the Middle Ages as a Utopia, yet his ideas had a considerable influence on the British socialist movement. And in making his powerful moral and aesthetic case against the dangers of unhindered industrialization he was strangely prophetic. This volume shows the astounding range and depth of Ruskin's work, and in an illuminating introduction the editor reveals the consistency of Ruskin's philosophy and his adamant belief that questions of economics, art and science could not be separated from questions of morality. In Ruskin's words, 'There is no Wealth but Life.'