The Acquisitive Society
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The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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| The Acquisitive Society canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1949689 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Acquisitive Society Context triple: [R. H. Tawney, notableWork, The Acquisitive Society]
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The Good Society
The Good Society is a sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores how modern democratic institutions and civic life can be reoriented toward shared moral values and the common good.
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The Good Society
The Good Society is a 1937 political and social philosophy book by Walter Lippmann that critiques both laissez-faire capitalism and collectivist planning while arguing for a liberal, rule-of-law–based order.
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The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
"What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" is an 1883 collection of essays by sociologist William Graham Sumner that argues for limited government, individual responsibility, and laissez-faire economics in the relations between social classes.
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E.
The Spirit Level
The Spirit Level is a 1996 poetry collection by Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney that reflects on balance, memory, and the political and personal landscapes of Ireland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Acquisitive Society Target entity description: The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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A.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a 1937 political and social philosophy book by Walter Lippmann that critiques both laissez-faire capitalism and collectivist planning while arguing for a liberal, rule-of-law–based order.
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B.
The Good Society
The Good Society is a sociological work by Robert N. Bellah that explores how modern democratic institutions and civic life can be reoriented toward shared moral values and the common good.
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C.
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor
The Fears of the Rich, the Needs of the Poor is a book by epidemiologist and public health leader William H. Foege that reflects on global health inequities and the moral imperative to address them.
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D.
What Social Classes Owe to Each Other
"What Social Classes Owe to Each Other" is an 1883 collection of essays by sociologist William Graham Sumner that argues for limited government, individual responsibility, and laissez-faire economics in the relations between social classes.
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E.
On the Tax in Kind
"On the Tax in Kind" was a key 1921 Bolshevik policy document that replaced grain requisitioning with a tax in kind, marking the start of the New Economic Policy in Soviet Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction book ⓘ work of social criticism ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
common good as basis of economic organization
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egalitarian economic order ⓘ functional view of property ⓘ socially responsible economic order ⓘ |
| argues |
acquisitive motives should be subordinated to social purpose
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economic institutions should serve human welfare ⓘ rights of property should be conditional on service ⓘ |
| author | R. H. Tawney ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
individualistic economic values
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laissez-faire capitalism ⓘ unrestricted property rights ⓘ |
| describes | capitalist society as acquisitive ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| genre |
economic critique
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political philosophy ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| hasAuthorCitizenship | British ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
economic historian
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social critic ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
critique of acquisitive individualism
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primacy of social obligations over property rights ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
ethical evaluation of economic institutions
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moral critique of capitalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
British Labour movement
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linked to:
labour movement
Christian socialist thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
British socialism
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Christian ethics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian socialism
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capitalism ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ ethics and economics ⓘ industrial society ⓘ property rights ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Christian socialism
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ethical socialism ⓘ |
| proposes |
linking property to social function
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reconstruction of property relations ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Equality
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Religion and the Rise of Capitalism ⓘ |
| setsIn | early 20th-century industrial capitalism ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | post-World War I society ⓘ |
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Subject: The Acquisitive Society Description of subject: The Acquisitive Society is a 1920 book by British social critic R. H. Tawney that offers a moral and economic critique of capitalism and argues for a more socially responsible and egalitarian economic order.
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