Wuthnow Poor Richard's Principle

Recovering the American Dream through the Moral Dimension of Work, Business, and Money
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2220-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 448 Seiten

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Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles and books on American religion and culture, including Acts of Compassion (Princeton) and Learning to Care: Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wuthnow, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Question of Moral Restraint 3

Ch. 1 Having It All - and Wanting More: The Social Symptoms of Cultural Distress 17

Ch. 2 Making Choices: From Short-Term Adjustments to Principled Lives 37

Ch. 3 Moral Tradition: The Lost Ambivalence in American Culture 59

Ch. 4 Shifting Perspectives: The Decoupling of Work and Money 85

Ch. 5 Accounts: The Changing Meanings of White-Collar Work 105

Ch. 6 (Not) Talking about Money: The Social Sources and Personal Consequences of Subjectivization 138

Ch. 7 Getting and Spending: The Maintenance and Violation of Symbolic Boundaries 169

Ch. 8 The Working Class: Changing Conditions and Converging Perspectives 206

Ch. 9 Family LIfe: The New Challenges of Balancing Multiple Commitments 241

Ch. 10 Rediscovering Community: The Cultural Potential of Caring Behavior and Voluntary Service 265

Ch. 11 The Quest for Spirituality: Ambiguous Voices from America's Religious Communities 292

Ch. 12 Materialism and Moral Restraint: The Role of Ascetic and Expressive Values 331

Ch. 13 The Possibilities of Moral Discourse: Limitations, Pathologies, and Challenges 357

Methodology 375

Notes 377

Index 427

Über Autor(innen)

Robert Wuthnow is the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for the Study of American Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of numerous articles and books on American religion and culture, including Acts of Compassion (Princeton) and Learning to Care: Elementary Kindness in an Age of Indifference.