Tawney, Richard H.
Tawney, Richard H. (1880–1962)An English economic and social historian, social reformer, and egalitarian social philosopher. He was equally well known as a historian and champion of socialism—in both of which roles he exerted a significant influence on early British sociology during the post-1945 period. His classic texts on Equality (1920) and The Acquisitive Society (1931) exemplify the English tradition of Fabianism and ethical socialism. His best-known historical publications are probably Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (1926), Land and Labour in China (1932), and Business and Politics under James I (1962). Numerous collections of his essays are also in circulation (see, for example, The American Labour Movement and Other Essays, 1979). Tawney was a committed Christian and this informed his criticism of the...
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