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The Acquisitive Society (Classic Reprint)
The Acquisitive Society - Classic Reprint Author:R. H. Tawney IT is a commonplace that the characteristic virtue of — Englishmen is their power of sustained practical — activity, and their characteristic vice a reluctance to test — the quality of that activity by reference to principles. — They are incurious as to theory, take fundamentals for — granted, and are more interested in the state of the roads — than i... more »n their place on the map. And it might fairly be
argued that in ordinary times that combination of in-
tellectual tameness with practical energy is sufficiently
serviceable to explain, if not to justify, the equanimity
with which its possessors bear the criticism of more
mentally adventurous nations. It is the mood of those
who have made their bargain with fate and are content
to take what it offers without 1-e-opening the deal. It
leaves the mind free to concentrate undisturbed upon
profitable activities, because it is not distracted by a
taste for unprofitable speculations.
Table of Contents
I INTRODUCTORY 1
II EIGHTS AND FUNCTIONS 8
III THE ACQUISITIVE SOCIETY . . . . 20
IV THE NEMESIS OF INDUSTRIALISM . . . 33
V PROPERTY AND CREATIVE WORK ... 52
VI THE FUNCTIONAL SOCIETY .... 84
VII INDUSTRY AS A PROFESSION . ... 91
VIII THE " Vicious CIRCLE " 123
IX THE CONDITION OF EFFICIENCY . . . 139
X THE POSITION OF THE BRAIN WORKER . . 161
XI PORRO UNUM NECESSARIUM 180
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