| Acknowledgements | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Issue and Goals | 第10页 |
| ·Rationale and Methodology | 第10-12页 |
| Chapter Two Toward an Ontology of Acquisitiveness | 第12-22页 |
| ·An Integration of Definitions | 第12-13页 |
| ·Review of Research Findings | 第13-21页 |
| ·Philosophical Approach | 第13-14页 |
| ·Sociological Approach | 第14-16页 |
| ·Economic Approach | 第16-17页 |
| ·Psychological and Biological Approach | 第17-19页 |
| ·Religious Approach | 第19-21页 |
| ·Relations between Conceptual and Empirical Findings | 第21-22页 |
| Chapter Three Encountering Acquisitiveness in Illustration | 第22-29页 |
| ·Russell's Description:Acquisitiveness and History | 第22-23页 |
| ·Steinbeck's Concern:Acquisitiveness and Exploitation | 第23-26页 |
| ·Idealization of Acquisitiveness:Enterprising, Construction, and Creativity | 第26-29页 |
| Chapter Four Exploring Myth of Acquisitiveness as Human Value and Paradoxes | 第29-42页 |
| ·Human Values:Design Features and Underlying Force | 第29-34页 |
| ·Understanding Human Values | 第29-30页 |
| ·Curses and Blesses | 第30-34页 |
| ·Paradoxical Nature | 第34-36页 |
| ·Part-Whole Relationship | 第36-38页 |
| ·Control of Capitalism | 第38-42页 |
| Chapter Five Further Discussion:Acquisitiveness and Alienated Existence | 第42-49页 |
| ·Marx's Insight | 第42-46页 |
| ·From Inevitability to Freedom | 第46-49页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusion:An Enlightenment | 第49-51页 |
| Notes | 第51-54页 |
| Bibliography | 第54-57页 |
| 攻读学位期间的研究成果 | 第57页 |
