Download or read book Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, C. Wright Mills and the Generic Ends of Life written by Rick Tilman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Veblen, Dewey, and Mills disagreed on a number of points, Rick Tilman shows how these thinkers forged an authentic, coherent, and original tradition of critical social science in the United States. By comparing their views on a number of timely issues such as aesthetics, feminism, and gambling, the author shows how their tradition is vibrantly relevant in the new millenium.