# Ruskin and the Illusion of Value

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Published: 2026-05-10T23:34:40+00:00
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## Resource

For Mother's Day, here is an old essay of mine. It was first published on The Kitchen Table blog: https://ddcasp.weebly.com/the-kitchen-table/ruskin-and-the-illusion-of-value Follow my Substack, the Anchored Argosy at https://argosy.substack.com/. See my latest podcasts at https://adversariapodcast.com/. If you have enjoyed my videos and podcasts, please tell your friends. If you are interested in supporting my videos and podcasts and my research more generally, please consider supporting my work on Patreon (www.patreon.com/zugzwanged), using my PayPal account (https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=4WX77P4F8S7WL), or by buying books for my research on Amazon (www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/3…3O?ref_=wl_share). You can also listen to the audio of these episodes on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alastairs-adversaria/id1416351035.

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