{"product_id":"on-critique-9780745649641","title":"On Critique","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe relationship between sociology and social critique has haunted the discipline since its origins. Does critique divert sociology from its scientific project? Or is critique the ultimate goal of sociology, without which the latter would be a futile activity disconnected from the concerns of ordinary people? This issue has underpinned two divergent theoretical orientations that can be found in the discipline today: the critical sociology that was developed in its most elaborate form by Pierre Bourdieu, and the pragmatic sociology of critique developed by Luc Boltanski and his associates.  \u003cp\u003eIn critical sociology, description in terms of power relations underscores the potency of mechanisms of oppression, the way the oppressed passively endure them, going so far in their alienation as to\u003cbr\u003e adopt the values that enslave them. Pragmatic sociology, by contrast, describes the actions of human beings who rebel but who are endowed with reason. It stresses their ability, in certain histo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This work of depth and originality represents a major step in Luc Boltanski's remarkable intellectual trajectory. Having moved from Bourdieusian 'critical sociology' to pragmatic 'sociology of critique,' Boltanski now seeks to develop a third approach, overcoming the weaknesses of both. The result is a powerful conception of critique, grounded in the radical uncertainty that underlies social life and in the contradictory efforts of institutions to defuse it. On Critique seals his reputation as the leading philosophical sociologist of our era.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNancy Fraser, New School for Social Research\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"With surprising sociological imagination, Boltanski shows how the critique of institutions is based on the everyday experience of a discrepancy between reality and the world, between what is socially defined and what could be possible in an undefined way. Without intending to, Boltanski revitalizes Adorno's insights in a sociological manner. This book is to be read by everyone interested in the future of critical theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAxel Honneth, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e1 The Structure of Critical Theories\u003cbr\u003e2 Critical Sociology and Pragmatic Sociology of Critique\u003cbr\u003e3 The Power of Institutions\u003cbr\u003e4 The Necessity of Critique\u003cbr\u003e5 Political Regimes of Domination\u003cbr\u003e6 Emancipation in the Pragmatic Sense","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404394864983,"sku":"9780745649641","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-critique-9780745649641","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}