Description
Product ID: | 9780691125169 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | US |
Series: | Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology |
Title: | On Justification |
Subtitle: | Economies of Worth |
Authors: | Author: Laurent Thevenot, Catherine Porter, Luc Boltanski |
Page Count: | 400 |
Subjects: | Social theory, Social theory, Anthropology, Anthropology |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Presents a foundational work of post-Bourdieu sociology that examines a range of situations where people justify their actions. This book argues that justifications fall into six main logics exemplified by six authors: civic (Rousseau), market (Adam Smith), industrial (Saint-Simon), domestic (Bossuet), inspiration (Augustine), and fame (Hobbes). |
Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-04-16 |