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Helmut Schoeck Envy

A Theory of Social Behaviour

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Liberty Fund, Inc.

1987

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This classic study is one of the few books to explore extensively the many facets of envy-"a drive which lies at the core of man's life as a social being." Ranging widely over literature, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences, Professor Schoeck- a distinguished sociologist and anthropologist-elucidates both the constructive and destructive consequences of envy in social life. Perhaps most important, he demonstrates that not only the impetus toward a totalitarian regime but also the egalitarian impulse in democratic societies are alike in being rooted in envy.

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