The Moral Significance of Class

ISBN-13: 9780521616409 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str.

Andrew Sayer

Opis

Class affects not only our material wealth but our access to relationships and practices which we have reason to value, including the esteem or respect of others and hence our sense of self-worth. It determines the kind of people we become and our chances of living a fulfilling life. Applying concepts from moral philosophy and social theory to empirical studies of class, this accessible study demonstrates how people are valued in a context of the lottery of birth class, or forces having little to do with moral qualities or other merits.

Recenzje

'It is stimulating and insightful both in the overall thrust of its argument and the details of its analysis … a book of bread relevance to anyone interested in sociological theory, the normative dimensions of culture, and inequality.' American Journal of Sociology

Spis treści

Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. From habitus to ethical dispositions; 3. Recognition and distribution; 4. Concepts of class: clearing the ground; 5. Struggles of the social field; 6. Moral and immoral sentiments and class; 7. Responses to class I. egalitarianism, respect(ability), class pride and moral boundary drawing; 8. Responses to class II. explanations, justifications and embarrassment; 9. Conclusions and implications; References.