Ruskin and Social Reform

Ruskin and Social Reform
Author: Gill Cockram
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2007-04-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857716573

In the first book to analyse the form and influence of Ruskin's social theory, Gill Cockram looks at Ruskin's significant contribution to social and intellectual thought in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In a field often overlooked by 19th century historians, "Ruskin and Social Reform" clarifies for the first time how Ruskin's social theory was disseminated to a much wider readership than was evident in the mid-nineteenth century and how it was that Ruskin achieved great prominence as a social philosopher. Cockram examines the chronological development of Ruskin's thought and establishes the extent of his influence among the nascent labour movement. It was the support of a thinker as original and as unconventional as Ruskin that helped to challenge the laissez-faire conformities of classical economics and launched the quest to find a more ethical and humane basis for social policy-making.

The Rights of Labour According to John Ruskin (Classic Reprint)

The Rights of Labour According to John Ruskin (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2018-02-16
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780656757473

Excerpt from The Rights of Labour According to John Ruskin The object of Political Economy is to get good method of consumption, to use everything and to use it nobly. Con sumption absolute is the end, crown, and perfection of pro duction. Twenty people. Can gain money for one who can use it. The question for a nation is not how much labour it employs, but how much life it produces. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.