Project Gutenberg 2023-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 165 Veblen, Thorstein 1857 1929 14006581 The instinct of workmanship, and the state of industrial arts $aUnited States :$bThe Macmillan Company,$c1914. Emmanuel Ackerman, Art Chimes, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of Industrial Arts" by Thorstein Veblen is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the relationship between human instincts, particularly the instinct of workmanship, and the evolution of industrial arts within various cultures. Veblen sets the stage for analyzing how technological practices are shaped by underlying instinctive human behaviors and the consequent social structures. At the start of the book, Veblen introduces the concept of instinctual behaviors that underpin human activity, suggesting that our workflows and cultural advancements are significantly influenced by innate proclivities. He discusses the diminishing emphasis on the term "instinct" in modern biological sciences, while asserting its relevance in understanding the development of cultural institutions. The opening chapter emphasizes that human actions are bound by these instincts, setting the foundation for a broader examination of how these instinctive behaviors intertwine with the progression of craftsmanship and technology. Veblen aims to demonstrate that the evolution of industrial arts is not just a product of technological demands but is deeply rooted in the complex interplay of human instincts and societal evolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/cu31924021885698/page/n9/mode/1up 20210203150746veblen 1914 US Reading ease score: 31.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Technology -- History Industries -- History Industrial arts -- History Workmanship -- History T Text Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 750683 2025-07-27T13:41:26.032980 text/html 721911 2024-10-19T04:06:50 text/html 493747 2025-07-27T13:41:35.331943 application/epub+zip 501541 2025-07-27T13:41:28.219953 application/epub+zip 483581 2025-07-27T13:41:27.072949 application/epub+zip 1433397 2025-07-27T13:41:40.919904 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1391833 2025-07-27T13:41:34.251942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 677466 2025-07-27T13:41:25.014016 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 657326 2024-10-19T04:06:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16951 2025-07-27T13:41:41.101891 application/rdf+xml 23480 2025-07-27T13:41:27.358960 image/jpeg 2281 2025-07-27T13:41:27.223968 image/jpeg 649414 2025-07-27T13:41:26.091987 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia