Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoek

This episode is a discussion about Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoek . Here is a summary of the book from Amazon: Envy was first published in German in 1966, then in an English translation in 1970. 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 importantly 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. Podcast episode

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Envy: A Theory of Social Behaviour by Helmut Schoek is an episode from Psychology Book Club Podcast by psychology book club.

This episode is 35:41 long.

This episode was published on Sep 9, 2016.

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