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Acclaimed Harvard sociologist makes the case for reexamining what we value to prioritize recognition—the quest for respect—in an age that has been defined by economics growing inequality and the obsolescence of the American dream. In t...

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ERKÄNNANDE Ambitionen med Fronesis nr 74-75 är att fördjupa förståelsen av erkännande. Genom några centrala texter belyser vi olika aspekter av denna komplexa erfarenhet hela vägen från existentiell strävan till politisk kamp. Hegels herre-slav-di...

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From internationally renowned sociologist Michäle Lamont, a game-changing argument about what we value and why How do we measure our self-worth? For many of us, it signifies accomplishment, self-reliance, and wealth. Decades of neoliberalism have...

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Over the past quarter century, researchers have successfully explored the inner workings of the physical and biological sciences using a variety of social and historical lenses. Inspired by these advances, the contributors to "Social Knowledg...

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How are boundaries created between groups in society? And what do these boundaries have to do with social inequality? In this pioneering collection of original essays, a group of leading scholars helps set the agenda for the sociology of culture b...

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Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with 160 successful men in the United States and France, Michhle Lamont provides a rare and revealing collective portrait of the upper-middle class--the managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and e...

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Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with 160 successful men in the United States and France, Michle Lamont provides a rare and revealing collective portrait of the upper-middle classthe managers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and expe...

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Even as America becomes more multiracial, the black-white divide remains central to understanding many patterns and tensions in contemporary society. Since the 1960s, however, social scientists concerned with this topic have been reluctant to disc...

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Even as America becomes more multiracial, the black-white divide remains central to understanding many patterns and tensions in contemporary society. Since the 1960s, however, social scientists concerned with this topic have been reluctant to disc...

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Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more su...

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Why are some societies more successful than others at promoting individual and collective well-being? This book integrates recent research in social epidemiology with broader perspectives in social science to explore why some societies are more su...

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Michele Lamont takes us into the world inhabited by working-class men--the world as they understand it. Interviewing black and white working-class men who, because they are not college graduates, have limited access to high-paying jobs and other s...

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Excellence. Originality. Intelligence. Everyone in academia stresses quality. But what exactly is it, and how do professors identify it?In the academic evaluation system known as "e;peer review,"e; highly respected professors pass judgment...

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What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature ...

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What is the impact of three decades of neoliberal narratives and policies on communities and individual lives? What are the sources of social resilience? This book offers a sweeping assessment of the effects of neoliberalism, the dominant feature ...

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Multiculturalism and diversity have raised a number of challenges for liberal democracy, not least the stigmatization of people in response to these developments. In this book, leading experts from a range of disciplines look at the responses to s...

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Multiculturalism and diversity have raised a number of challenges for liberal democracy, not least the stigmatization of people in response to these developments. In this book, leading experts from a range of disciplines look at the responses to s...

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A comparative look at how discrimination is experienced by stigmatized groups in the United States, Brazil, and IsraelRacism is a common occurrence for members of marginalized groups around the world. Getting Respect illuminates their experiences ...

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';A thoughtful recipe for building social justice' (Kirkus Reviews) from acclaimed Harvard sociologist Michle Lamont that makes the case for reexamining what we valuethe quest for respectin an age that has been defined by growing inequality and th...

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“A thoughtful recipe for building social justice” ( Kirkus Reviews ) from acclaimed Harvard sociologist Michèle Lamont that makes the case for reexamining what we value—the quest for respect—in an age that has been def...

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