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Research paper thumbnail of Opinions: What business anthropology is, what it might become… and what, perhaps, it should not be

Journal of Business Anthropology

One theme that came to the fore when Christina and I were putting together this issue was what, e... more One theme that came to the fore when Christina and I were putting together this issue was what, exactly, business anthropology is. As we intimated in our Editorial for the launch of the JBA earlier this year, in some ways there did not seem to be a need to add to the various subdisciplines of anthropology already dealing with organization, work, industry, corporate affairs, and other forms of economic and applied anthropology. And yet, as we saw it, there is a constituency of readers who think of themselves as business, rather than economic, applied, organizational, corporate and so on, anthropologists. So what makes them different? And how might we appeal to that sense of difference? This line of thinking has underpinned the first two issues of the JBA. Given that we ourselves have not been entirely sure about how far to spread our sub-disciplinary net, we decided that I should get in touch with a number of distinguished scholars around the world who might have an interest in business anthropology, even though they were sometimes working in different disciplinary fields. Perhaps they would

Research paper thumbnail of Law and economy: The need for a sociological approach

Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch ge... more Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.

Research paper thumbnail of Bourdieu's advocacy of the concept of interest and its role in economic sociology

Economic Sociology and the sociology of economics. What is sociological about the sociology of ec... more Economic Sociology and the sociology of economics. What is sociological about the sociology of economics ? Some recent developments, By Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas. Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)", Session (No 51): "Adaptations to Globalisation: The role of social capital". This new issue of the Economic Sociology Newsletter contains material and reflexions for a better understanding of Pierre Bourdieu's contribution to economic sociology. Bourdieu never supported "overspecialization" inside the social sciences and was very reluctant to define his contribution to the scientific knowledge of economic activities as a particular kind of " economic sociology". But his theoretical and empirical work since the beginning of the 1960s was largely motivated and dynamized by a direct confrontation to pagina 1 van 42 6 février 2003-Université de Rouen 03/04/2003 file://C:\ES\TMP1049402860.htm economic models and economic explanations. He was one of the ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Craft of Theorizing

Research paper thumbnail of Ökonomische Macht und wirtschaftliches Handeln

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 7. Practical Exercises

Research paper thumbnail of CHAPTER FIVE. The Economy and Religion

Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology

Research paper thumbnail of 4. Quand la sociologie économique rencontre l'économie des conventions

L'économie des conventions, méthodes et résultats

Research paper thumbnail of The structure of confidence and the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Markets on Trial: The Economic Sociology of the U.S. Financial Crisis: Part A

On September 15. 2008. Lehman Brothersfiledfor bankruptcy and nearly caused a meltdown of the fin... more On September 15. 2008. Lehman Brothersfiledfor bankruptcy and nearly caused a meltdown of the financial system. This article looks at the situation before Lehman went bankrupt and how this event came to trigger a financial panic during the fall of 2008 and early 2009. Two key ideas inform the analysis. The first is that what triggers financial panics are typically hidden losses. The second is that confidence plays a key role in financial panics and that confidence can be conceptualized as a belief that action can be based on proxy signs. rather than on direct information about the situation itself.

Research paper thumbnail of Introducing Economic Sociology

Journal of Economic Sociology

Экономическая социология электронный журнал www.ecsoc.msses.ru Том 4. № 4. Сентябрь 2003 Главный ... more Экономическая социология электронный журнал www.ecsoc.msses.ru Том 4. № 4. Сентябрь 2003 Главный редактор журнала-Радаев Вадим Валерьевич, д. э. н., зав. кафедрой экономической социологии ГУ-ВШЭ, первый проректор ГУ-ВШЭ; директор Интерцентра Московской Высшей школы социальных и экономических наук.

Research paper thumbnail of The Max Weber dictionary: key words and central concepts

Choice Reviews Online

Page 1. ICTIONARY Central Concepts Page 2. Page 3. The Max Weber Dictionary Th±e One DQPH-OK5-OP5... more Page 1. ICTIONARY Central Concepts Page 2. Page 3. The Max Weber Dictionary Th±e One DQPH-OK5-OP54 Page 4. Page 5. The Max Weber Dictionary Key Words and Central Concepts Richard Swedberg With the assistance ...

Research paper thumbnail of The economics and sociology of capitalism

Choice Reviews Online

The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism Edited by Richard Swedberg ... JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER Thi... more The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism Edited by Richard Swedberg ... JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER This One TDGZ-CCY-42QK ... JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER THE ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY OF CAPITALISM Edited by Richard Swedberg PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS ...

Research paper thumbnail of Can there be a sociological concept of interest?

Theory and Society

This article raises the question of whether it is possible to have not only an economic concept o... more This article raises the question of whether it is possible to have not only an economic concept of interest but also a sociological one, and, if so, what such a concept would be like. By way of an answer, the history of how sociologists have tried to use the concept of interest in their analyses is traced, starting with Gustav Ratzenhofer in the 1890s and ending with Pierre Bourdieu and John Meyer today. This focus on what sociologists have to say about interest represents a novelty as the conventional histories of this concept pass over the contribution by sociologists in total silence. The various attempts by sociologists to use the concept of interest are divided into two main categories: when interest is seen as the driving force in social life, and when interest is seen as a major force in social life, together with other factors. I also discuss the argument by some sociologists that interest is of little or no importance in social life. The different strategies for how to handle the concept of interest in a sociological analysis are discussed in the concluding remarks, where it is argued (following Weber and Bourdieu) that interests can usefully be understood to play an important role in social life, but together with other factors.

Research paper thumbnail of Before theory comes theorizing or how to make social science more interesting

The British journal of sociology, 2016

The basic argument in this article is that sociology and social science more generally are today ... more The basic argument in this article is that sociology and social science more generally are today severely hampered by the lack of attention being paid to theory. Methods--qualitative as well as quantitative methods--have proven to be very useful in practical research (as opposed to theory); and as a result they dominate modern social science. They do not, however, do the job that belongs to theory. One way to redress the current imbalance between methods and theory, it is suggested, would be to pay more attention to theorizing, that is, to the actual process that precedes the final formulation of a theory; and in this way improve theory. Students of social science are today primarily exposed to finished theories and are not aware of the process that goes into the production and design of a theory. Students need to be taught how to construct a theory in practical terms ('theorizing'); and one good way to do so is through exercises. This is the way that methods are being taugh...

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Sociology

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of The Entrepreneur: Classical Texts by Joseph A. Schumpeter

Research paper thumbnail of Schumpeter. A Biography

Research paper thumbnail of Charles Peirce and the Sociology of Thinking

Research paper thumbnail of On Charles S. Peirce's Lecture "How to Theorize" (1903)

Sociologica, 2012

Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono ri... more Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono riservati. Per altre informazioni si veda https://www.rivisteweb.it Licenza d'uso L'articoloè messo a disposizione dell'utente in licenza per uso esclusivamente privato e personale, senza scopo di lucro e senza fini direttamente o indirettamente commerciali. Salvo quanto espressamente previsto dalla licenza d'uso Rivisteweb,è fatto divieto di riprodurre, trasmettere, distribuire o altrimenti utilizzare l'articolo, per qualsiasi scopo o fine. Tutti i diritti sono riservati.

Research paper thumbnail of The Centrality of Materiality. Theorizing the Economy from Xenophon to Home Economics and Beyond

Sociologica, 2008

Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono ri... more Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono riservati. Per altre informazioni si veda https://www.rivisteweb.it Licenza d'uso L'articoloè messo a disposizione dell'utente in licenza per uso esclusivamente privato e personale, senza scopo di lucro e senza fini direttamente o indirettamente commerciali. Salvo quanto espressamente previsto dalla licenza d'uso Rivisteweb,è fatto divieto di riprodurre, trasmettere, distribuire o altrimenti utilizzare l'articolo, per qualsiasi scopo o fine. Tutti i diritti sono riservati.

Research paper thumbnail of Opinions: What business anthropology is, what it might become… and what, perhaps, it should not be

Journal of Business Anthropology

One theme that came to the fore when Christina and I were putting together this issue was what, e... more One theme that came to the fore when Christina and I were putting together this issue was what, exactly, business anthropology is. As we intimated in our Editorial for the launch of the JBA earlier this year, in some ways there did not seem to be a need to add to the various subdisciplines of anthropology already dealing with organization, work, industry, corporate affairs, and other forms of economic and applied anthropology. And yet, as we saw it, there is a constituency of readers who think of themselves as business, rather than economic, applied, organizational, corporate and so on, anthropologists. So what makes them different? And how might we appeal to that sense of difference? This line of thinking has underpinned the first two issues of the JBA. Given that we ourselves have not been entirely sure about how far to spread our sub-disciplinary net, we decided that I should get in touch with a number of distinguished scholars around the world who might have an interest in business anthropology, even though they were sometimes working in different disciplinary fields. Perhaps they would

Research paper thumbnail of Law and economy: The need for a sociological approach

Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch ge... more Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in EconStor may be saved and copied for your personal and scholarly purposes. You are not to copy documents for public or commercial purposes, to exhibit the documents publicly, to make them publicly available on the internet, or to distribute or otherwise use the documents in public. If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence.

Research paper thumbnail of Bourdieu's advocacy of the concept of interest and its role in economic sociology

Economic Sociology and the sociology of economics. What is sociological about the sociology of ec... more Economic Sociology and the sociology of economics. What is sociological about the sociology of economics ? Some recent developments, By Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas. Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)", Session (No 51): "Adaptations to Globalisation: The role of social capital". This new issue of the Economic Sociology Newsletter contains material and reflexions for a better understanding of Pierre Bourdieu's contribution to economic sociology. Bourdieu never supported "overspecialization" inside the social sciences and was very reluctant to define his contribution to the scientific knowledge of economic activities as a particular kind of " economic sociology". But his theoretical and empirical work since the beginning of the 1960s was largely motivated and dynamized by a direct confrontation to pagina 1 van 42 6 février 2003-Université de Rouen 03/04/2003 file://C:\ES\TMP1049402860.htm economic models and economic explanations. He was one of the ...

Research paper thumbnail of The Craft of Theorizing

Research paper thumbnail of Ökonomische Macht und wirtschaftliches Handeln

Research paper thumbnail of Chapter 7. Practical Exercises

Research paper thumbnail of CHAPTER FIVE. The Economy and Religion

Max Weber and the Idea of Economic Sociology

Research paper thumbnail of 4. Quand la sociologie économique rencontre l'économie des conventions

L'économie des conventions, méthodes et résultats

Research paper thumbnail of The structure of confidence and the collapse of Lehman Brothers

Markets on Trial: The Economic Sociology of the U.S. Financial Crisis: Part A

On September 15. 2008. Lehman Brothersfiledfor bankruptcy and nearly caused a meltdown of the fin... more On September 15. 2008. Lehman Brothersfiledfor bankruptcy and nearly caused a meltdown of the financial system. This article looks at the situation before Lehman went bankrupt and how this event came to trigger a financial panic during the fall of 2008 and early 2009. Two key ideas inform the analysis. The first is that what triggers financial panics are typically hidden losses. The second is that confidence plays a key role in financial panics and that confidence can be conceptualized as a belief that action can be based on proxy signs. rather than on direct information about the situation itself.

Research paper thumbnail of Introducing Economic Sociology

Journal of Economic Sociology

Экономическая социология электронный журнал www.ecsoc.msses.ru Том 4. № 4. Сентябрь 2003 Главный ... more Экономическая социология электронный журнал www.ecsoc.msses.ru Том 4. № 4. Сентябрь 2003 Главный редактор журнала-Радаев Вадим Валерьевич, д. э. н., зав. кафедрой экономической социологии ГУ-ВШЭ, первый проректор ГУ-ВШЭ; директор Интерцентра Московской Высшей школы социальных и экономических наук.

Research paper thumbnail of The Max Weber dictionary: key words and central concepts

Choice Reviews Online

Page 1. ICTIONARY Central Concepts Page 2. Page 3. The Max Weber Dictionary Th±e One DQPH-OK5-OP5... more Page 1. ICTIONARY Central Concepts Page 2. Page 3. The Max Weber Dictionary Th±e One DQPH-OK5-OP54 Page 4. Page 5. The Max Weber Dictionary Key Words and Central Concepts Richard Swedberg With the assistance ...

Research paper thumbnail of The economics and sociology of capitalism

Choice Reviews Online

The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism Edited by Richard Swedberg ... JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER Thi... more The Economics and Sociology of Capitalism Edited by Richard Swedberg ... JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER This One TDGZ-CCY-42QK ... JOSEPH A. SCHUMPETER THE ECONOMICS AND SOCIOLOGY OF CAPITALISM Edited by Richard Swedberg PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS ...

Research paper thumbnail of Can there be a sociological concept of interest?

Theory and Society

This article raises the question of whether it is possible to have not only an economic concept o... more This article raises the question of whether it is possible to have not only an economic concept of interest but also a sociological one, and, if so, what such a concept would be like. By way of an answer, the history of how sociologists have tried to use the concept of interest in their analyses is traced, starting with Gustav Ratzenhofer in the 1890s and ending with Pierre Bourdieu and John Meyer today. This focus on what sociologists have to say about interest represents a novelty as the conventional histories of this concept pass over the contribution by sociologists in total silence. The various attempts by sociologists to use the concept of interest are divided into two main categories: when interest is seen as the driving force in social life, and when interest is seen as a major force in social life, together with other factors. I also discuss the argument by some sociologists that interest is of little or no importance in social life. The different strategies for how to handle the concept of interest in a sociological analysis are discussed in the concluding remarks, where it is argued (following Weber and Bourdieu) that interests can usefully be understood to play an important role in social life, but together with other factors.

Research paper thumbnail of Before theory comes theorizing or how to make social science more interesting

The British journal of sociology, 2016

The basic argument in this article is that sociology and social science more generally are today ... more The basic argument in this article is that sociology and social science more generally are today severely hampered by the lack of attention being paid to theory. Methods--qualitative as well as quantitative methods--have proven to be very useful in practical research (as opposed to theory); and as a result they dominate modern social science. They do not, however, do the job that belongs to theory. One way to redress the current imbalance between methods and theory, it is suggested, would be to pay more attention to theorizing, that is, to the actual process that precedes the final formulation of a theory; and in this way improve theory. Students of social science are today primarily exposed to finished theories and are not aware of the process that goes into the production and design of a theory. Students need to be taught how to construct a theory in practical terms ('theorizing'); and one good way to do so is through exercises. This is the way that methods are being taugh...

Research paper thumbnail of Economic Sociology

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008

Research paper thumbnail of The Entrepreneur: Classical Texts by Joseph A. Schumpeter

Research paper thumbnail of Schumpeter. A Biography

Research paper thumbnail of Charles Peirce and the Sociology of Thinking

Research paper thumbnail of On Charles S. Peirce's Lecture "How to Theorize" (1903)

Sociologica, 2012

Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono ri... more Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono riservati. Per altre informazioni si veda https://www.rivisteweb.it Licenza d'uso L'articoloè messo a disposizione dell'utente in licenza per uso esclusivamente privato e personale, senza scopo di lucro e senza fini direttamente o indirettamente commerciali. Salvo quanto espressamente previsto dalla licenza d'uso Rivisteweb,è fatto divieto di riprodurre, trasmettere, distribuire o altrimenti utilizzare l'articolo, per qualsiasi scopo o fine. Tutti i diritti sono riservati.

Research paper thumbnail of The Centrality of Materiality. Theorizing the Economy from Xenophon to Home Economics and Beyond

Sociologica, 2008

Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono ri... more Ente di afferenza: () Copyright c by Società editrice il Mulino, Bologna. Tutti i diritti sono riservati. Per altre informazioni si veda https://www.rivisteweb.it Licenza d'uso L'articoloè messo a disposizione dell'utente in licenza per uso esclusivamente privato e personale, senza scopo di lucro e senza fini direttamente o indirettamente commerciali. Salvo quanto espressamente previsto dalla licenza d'uso Rivisteweb,è fatto divieto di riprodurre, trasmettere, distribuire o altrimenti utilizzare l'articolo, per qualsiasi scopo o fine. Tutti i diritti sono riservati.