Aug 29, 2009

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Vilfredo Pareto: The Karl Marx of Fascism
Part III: The Theory of Elites

Circulation of the ElitesApart from his analyses of residues and derivations, Pareto is notable among sociologists for the theory known as “the circulation of the elites.” Let us remember that Pareto considered society a system in equilibrium, where processes of change tend to set in motion forces that work to restore and maintain social balance.Pareto asserts that...

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Aug 28, 2009

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Vilfredo Pareto: The Karl Marx of Fascism
Part II: Foxes and Lions

Residues and DerivationsOne of Pareto’s most noteworthy and controversial theories is that human beings are not, for the most part, motivated by logic and reason but rather by sentiment. Les Systèmes socialistes is interspersed with this theme and it appears in its fully developed form in Pareto’s vast Treatise on General Sociology. In his Treatise, Pareto examines the...

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Jul 2, 2009

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D. H. Lawrence on Fenimore Cooper’s White Novels

Chapter 4 of Studies in Classic American LiteratureBenjamin Franklin had a specious little equation in providential mathematics:Rum + Savage = 0. Awfully nice! You might add up the universe to nought, if you kept on.Rum plus Savage may equal a dead savage. But is a dead savage nought? Can you make a land virgin by killing off its aborigines ?The Aztec is gone, and the...

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