{"product_id":"on-justification-9780691125169","title":"On Justification","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresents a foundational work of post-Bourdieu sociology that examines a range of situations where people justify their actions. This book argues that justifications fall into six main logics exemplified by six authors: civic (Rousseau), market (Adam Smith), industrial (Saint-Simon), domestic (Bossuet), inspiration (Augustine), and fame (Hobbes).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Boltanski and Thévenot's \u003ci\u003eOn Justification\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most important contributions to the field of economic sociology in the past decade. It does not fit neatly into any of the major theoretical perspectives that currently dominate the field—institutionalism, organizational ecology, network analysis, rational choice, or transaction-cost economics. But precisely because it is so original, it has great potential to chart new territory and enliven debates. The book has already had an enormous impact in France, where it is one of the founding documents of the 'economics of conventions' school. It is sure to have a big impact in sociology in the United States and Britain too. I could list at least twenty major sociologists who have asked me when the book will be translated.\"\u003cb\u003e—David Stark, Columbia University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE How We Wrote This Book 1 Generalizing Field Observations and Producing Statistical Equivalency 1  Ordinary Identification and Scientific Qualification 3  From Comparison to Judgment 4  Construction of Proofs and Tension between the General and the Particular 7  The Tension between Different Forms of Generality 8  Attention to Critical Operations 10  Generality and the Common Goo d: Concepts of Worth in Political Philosophy 12  The Search for a Common Model 14  The Social Bond Put to the Test of Things 16  The Line of Argument 18      PART ONE: THE IMPERATIVE TO JUSTIFY 23      CHAPTER ONE: The Social Sciences and the Legitimacy of Agreement 25  The Critique of Sociology's Lack of Realism 26  Individualis m: A Different Social Metaphysics 27  Political Metaphysics as a Social Science 28  The Question of Agreement 31  Association and Forms of Generality 32  The Order of the General and the Particular 35  The Requirement of General Agreement and the Legitimacy of Order 37  The Reality Test and Prudent Judgment 40      CHAPTER TWO: The Foundation of Agreement in Political Philosophy: The Example of the Market Polity 43  A Social Bond Based on an Inclination toward Exchange in One's Own Interest 44  Individuals in Concert in Their Lust for Goods 48  The Sympathetic Disposition and the Position of Impartial Spectator 53      PART TWO: THE POLITIES 63      CHAPTER THREE: Political Orders and a Model of Justice 65  Political Philosophies of the Common Good 66  The Polity Model 74  An Illegitimate Orde r: Eugenics 80      CHAPTER FOUR: Political Forms of Worth 83  The Inspired Polity 83  The Domestic Polity 90  The Polity of Fame 98  The Civic Polity 107  The Industrial Polity 118      PART THREE: THE COMMON WORLDS 125      CHAPTER FIVE: Judgment Put to the Test 127  Situated Judgment 127  The Polity Extended to a Common World 130  Tests 133  Reporting on Situations 138  A Framework for Analyzing the Common Worlds 140  The Sense of the Commo n: The Moral Sense and the Sense of What Is Natural 144  The Arts of Living in Different Worlds 148      CHAPTER SIX: The Six Worlds 159  The Inspired World 159  The Domestic World 164  The World of Fame 178  The Civic World 185  The Market World 193  The Industrial World 203      PART FOUR: CRITIQUES 213      CHAPTER SEVEN: Worlds in Confiict, Judgments in Question 215  Unveiling 215  Causes of Discord and the Transport of Worths 219  Clashes and Denunciations 223  The Monstrosity of Composite Setups 225  Setting Up Situations that Hold Together 228  The Humanity of an Equitable Judgment 231  Free Wil l: Knowing How to Close and Open One's Eyes 232  EIGHT The Critical Matrix 237  Critiques from the Inspired World 237  Critiques from the Domestic World 241  Critiques from the World of Fame 247  Critiques from the Civic World 251  Critiques from the Market World 261  Critiques from the Industrial World 269      PART FIVE: ASSUAGING CRITICAL TENSIONS 275      CHAPTER NINE: Compromising for the Common Good 277  Beyond Testing to Compromising 277  The Fragility of Compromises 278  An Example of a Complex Figur e: Denunciation Supported by Compromise 282  Composing Compromises and Forming Polities 283  Developing a State Compromis e: Toward a Civic-Industrial Polity 285      CHAPTER TEN: Figures of Compromise 293  Compromises Involving the Inspired World 293  Compromises Involving the Domestic World 304  Compromises Involving the World of Fame 317  Compromises Involving the Civic World 325  Compromises Involving the Market World 332      CHAPTER ELEVEN: Relativization 336  Private Arrangements 336  Insinuation 338  Flight from Justification 339  Relativism 340  Violence and Justification 343  Afterwor d: Toward a Pragmatics of Reflection 347  The Place of Justifications in the Gamut of Actions 347  Below the Level of Public Judgment: Determining the Appropriate Action in Light of a Snag 348  From Anger to Crisis 350  The Moment of Truth in Judgment 351  The Tension of Judgment and the Qualification of Ungraspable Persons 352  Judgment between Power and Oblivion 354  The Humane Use of Judgment and Tolerance in Action 355  Knowledge about Actions 356      NOTES 359  WORKS CITED 375","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865518813527,"sku":"9780691125169","price":46.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691125169.jpg?v=1722274359","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-justification-9780691125169","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}