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The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts (Hardcover)
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The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts (Hardcover)
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The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of the Industrial Arts,
originally issued in 1914, is described by Murray Murphey as his
"most important work." In this volume that the theoretical
foundations are put forth on full display. Veblen's juxtaposition
of the instinctive values of community welfare in contrast to the
pecuniary values of commercial exchange was the basis of his later,
more famous works. The book makes plain Veblen's basic dichotomy
between technological institutions for making goods and the
pecuniary institutions for making money. Veblen's book is taken up
with the casual processes in the history of culture centered on
human instincts and habits. For him, a change in the natural or
social conditions produces effects only by changing the behavior of
people. The whole panoply of habits, instincts, and motives, points
to a theory of social and cultural change which substantially
differs from the pragmatic tradition that swept America in the
early decades of this century. Veblen makes so many unique
contributions and insights that his work outlives the limitations
of its theoretical shell. As is the case for most Veblen's works,
footnotes and references are sparse, no index is provided, and the
reader is left to fill in the missing paraphernalia the way one
does with a novel. Indeed, the reader is swept along Veblen's
captivating rhetoric in seven brilliant chapters moving from the
instincts in primitive technology, to the current state of
industrial arts, to the examination of predatory culture invited to
the civilizational table by the competitive system, and finally
into a contrast of handicrafts and machine industry. Veblen offers
a dramaturgy and a morality of the industrial order of his time:
much has changed, but a great deal remains the same and is easily
identifiable by the discerning reader. In this passage through text
and time, Murphey is the perfect guide, displaying a keen knowledge
of philosophy, psychology, and the American context in which Veblen
worked. Here we have a companion essay worthy of The Instinct of
Workmanship and its author.
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