Wywrotowy darwinizm: teoria imperializmu Thorsteina Veblena

Thorstein Veblen is one of the most interesting American thinkers, but his theories are hardly known in Poland. As an important critic of the modern society and author of various concepts in sociology and political science he is worth to be subject of deeper analysis. This article shows Veblen’s theory of imperialism in the light of his wider view of society. With its affinity to both liberal and Marxist theories Veblen’s one – with all its idiosyncrasies and contradictions – is an original attempt to explain modern drive for wars.