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Rethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology: Repertoires of Evaluation in France and the United States

By Laurent Thevenot , Michele Lamont

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2000
ISBN
0521787947, 9780521787949
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1876214 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
Edition
1
Pages
391\392
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Researchers from France and America present eight comparative case studies to demonstrate how the people of these two different cultures mobilize national "repertoires of evaluation" to make judgments about politics, economics, morals and aesthetics. This approach goes beyond essentialist models of national character to compare varying attitudes on topics ranging from racism and sexual harrassment to identity politics, publishing, journalism, the arts and the environment. The book will appeal to sociologists, political scientists and anthropologists alike.

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