A Sociological Theory Of Value

Author : Natàlia Cantó Milà
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839403731
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sociological Theory of Value written by Natàlia Cantó Milà and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Natàlia Cantó Milà elaborates on Georg Simmel's relational approach to a theory of value, pointing at the heuristic possibilities that this approach offers to modern sociology and to a sociology of modernity. She does so by focusing on the theory of value Simmel developed in his »The Philosophy of Money«, delivering an alternative reading of this book that views its theory of value as its main axial point. Simmel's theory of value is depicted by Cantó Milà as including an intrinsically sociological aspect, since economic as well as moral, ethic and aesthetic values are conceived as resulting from human relations.

Author : D. Graeber
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0312299060
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward an Anthropological Theory of Value written by D. Graeber and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-12-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a widely cited classic, this innovative book is the first comprehensive synthesis of economic, political, and cultural theories of value. David Graeber reexamines a century of anthropological thought about value and exchange, in large measure to find a way out of ongoing quandaries in current social theory, which have become critical at the present moment of ideological collapse in the face of Neoliberalism. Rooted in an engaged, dynamic realism, Graeber argues that projects of cultural comparison are in a sense necessarily revolutionary projects: He attempts to synthesize the best insights of Karl Marx and Marcel Mauss, arguing that these figures represent two extreme, but ultimately complementary, possibilities in the shape such a project might take. Graeber breathes new life into the classic anthropological texts on exchange, value, and economy. He rethinks the cases of Iroquois wampum, Pacific kula exchanges, and the Kwakiutl potlatch within the flow of world historical processes, and recasts value as a model of human meaning-making, which far exceeds rationalist/reductive economist paradigms.

Author : Paul Streeten
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136226931
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Value in Social Theory written by Paul Streeten and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume XXI of twenty-two in a series on Social Theory and Methodology. First published in 1958, this is a selection of essays on practical methodology when trying to answer the question of what are the new presuppositions of social thought which can do justice to the changes in social organisation. Mydral attempts to illustrate his repeated attempts to explore the logical, political and moral foundations of social thought and action, as he pursued diverse academic and political activities.

Author : Raymond Boudon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135147796X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Values written by Raymond Boudon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Values have always been a central topic in both philosophy and the social sciences. Statements about what is good or bad, fair or unfair, legitimate or illegitimate, express clear beliefs about human existence. The fact that values differ from culture to culture and century to century opens many questions. In The Origin of Values, Raymond Boudon offers empirical, data-based analysis of existing theories about values, while developing his own perspective as to why people accept or reject value statements. Boudon classifies the main theories of value, including those based on firm belief, social or biological factors, and rational or utilitarian attitudes. He discusses the popular and widely influential Rational Choice Model and critiques the postmodernist approach. Boudon investigates why relativism has become so powerful and contrasts it with the naturalism represented by the work of James Q. Wilson on moral sensibility. He follows with a constructive attempt to develop a new theory, beginning with Weber's idea of non-instrumental rationality as the basis for a more complex idea of rationality. Applying Boudon's own and existing theories of value to political issues and social ideas—the end of apartheid, the death penalty, multiculturalism, communitarianism—The Origin of Values is a significant work. Boudon fulfills a major task of social science: explanation of collective belief. His book will be of interest to sociologists, philosophers, psychologists, and political scientists.

Author : Barry Hindess
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349031577
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociological Theories of the Economy written by Barry Hindess and published by Springer. This book was released on 1977-11-24 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers originally prepared for a seminar held in Liverpool in 1975.

Author : Danielle Logue
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786436892
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theories of Social Innovation written by Danielle Logue and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we grapple with how to respond to some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as inequality, poverty and climate change, there is growing global interest in ‘social innovation’ as a potential solution. But what exactly is ‘social innovation’? This book describes three ways to theorise social innovation when seeking to manage and organize for both social and economic progress.

Author : Bryan S. Turner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317652258
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society (RLE Social Theory) written by Bryan S. Turner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-27 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'In this remarkable collection of essays, Holton and Turner demonstrate that Parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time – issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives. They develop a mature and original perspective on Parsons as the only classical theorist who avoided crippling nostalgia. Holton and Turner not only talk about Parsonian sociology in a profound and insightful way, they do it, and do it well. As sociology moves away from the rigid dichotomies of earlier debate, this book will help point the way.' – Jeffrey Alexander, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology, UCLA

Author : Natàlia Cantó Milà
Publisher : Transcript Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sociological Theory of Value written by Natàlia Cantó Milà and published by Transcript Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Natàlia Cantó Milà elaborates on Georg Simmel's relational approach to a theory of value, pointing at the heuristic possibilities that this approach offers to modern sociology and to a sociology of modernity. She does so by focusing on the theory of value Simmel developed in his The Philosophy of Money, delivering an alternative reading of this book that views its theory of value as its main axial point. Simmel's theory of value is depicted by Cantó Milà as including an intrinsically sociological aspect, since economic as well as moral, ethic and aesthetic values are conceived as resulting from human relations.

Author : Karl Marx
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434469263
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wage-Labour and Capital written by Karl Marx and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains an English translation of Karl Marx's influential essay.

Author : Albert Conser Whitaker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History and Criticism of the Labor Theory of Value in English Political Economy written by Albert Conser Whitaker and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the labor theory of value through an analysis of the works of several prominent figures in the field. Authors discussed include Adam Smith, Ricardo, Malthus, McCulloch, James Mill, Torrens, Senior, John Stuart Mill, and Cairns.