Michèle Lamont / Laurent Thévenot (eds.)

Rethinking Comparative Cultural Sociology

Repertoires of Evaluation in France and the United States
Herausgeber: Lamont, Michele; Thevenot, Laurent; Seidman, Steven

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Focusing on France and America, it analyses how the people of these two different cultures mobilise national 'repertoires of evaluation' to make judgements about politics, economics, morals and aesthetics. The analysis draws on eight case studies by eleven French and American researchers who have worked together over a number of years to develop systematic comparisons between these countries. The topics are wide-ranging, comparing how individuals use the cultural tools at their disposal to answer questions such as: Are races equal ? What constitutes sexual harassment? What is the value of contemporary art? Should journalists be neutral? How can the defense of the environment be reconciled with economic imperatives? Moving beyond simplistic essentialist models of national character, this comparative approach offers important insights that will interest not only sociologists but also political scientists and anthropologists.

Table of contents:
1. Introduction: toward a renewed comparative cultural sociology Michèle Lamont and Laurent Thévenot; Part I. Race, Gender, and Multiculturalism: 2. The rhetorics of racism and anti-racism in France and the United States Michèle Lamont; 3. Sexual harassment in France and the United States: activists and public figures defend their definitions Abigail Cope Saguy; 4. Assessing the literary; intellectual boundaries in French and American literary studies Jason Duell; Part II. The Cultural Sphere: Publishing, Journalism, and the Arts: 5. Culture or commerce? Symbolic boundaries in French and American book publishing Daniel Weber; 6. Involvement and detachment among French and American journalists: to be or not to be a 'real' professional Cyril Lemieux and John Schmalzbauer; 7. From rejection of contemporary art to culture war Nathalie Heinich; Part III. Political Cultures and Practices; 8. Community and civic culture: the Rotary Club in France and the United States Agnès Camus-Vigué; 9. Political practice and culture in French and American environmental disputes: 9a. French and American disputes: an introduction Claudette Lafaye, Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot; 9b. Forms of valuing nature: arguments and modes of justification in French and American environmental disputes Laurent Thévenot, Michael Moody and Claudette Lafaye; 9c. Comparing models of strategy, interests, and the public good in French and American environmental disputes Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot; 10. Conclusion: Exploring the French and the American polity Laurent Thèvenot and Michèle Lamont.

This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences. Focusing on France and America, researchers from both countries analyse varying attitudes on a diverse range of topics from racism and sexual harrassment to identity politics, publishing, journalism, the arts and the environment.

This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9780521787949
• ISBN-10: 0521787947
• Artikelnr.: 21315301

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: toward a renewed comparative cultural sociology Michèle
Lamont and Laurent Thévenot; Part I. Race, Gender, and Multiculturalism: 2.
The rhetorics of racism and anti-racism in France and the United States
Michèle Lamont; 3. Sexual harassment in France and the United States:
activists and public figures defend their definitions Abigail Cope Saguy;
4. Assessing the literary; intellectual boundaries in French and American
literary studies Jason Duell; Part II. The Cultural Sphere: Publishing,
Journalism, and the Arts: 5. Culture or commerce? Symbolic boundaries in
French and American book publishing Daniel Weber; 6. Involvement and
detachment among French and American journalists: to be or not to be a
'real' professional Cyril Lemieux and John Schmalzbauer; 7. From rejection
of contemporary art to culture war Nathalie Heinich; Part III. Political
Cultures and Practices; 8. Community and civic culture: the Rotary Club in
France and the United States Agnès Camus-Vigué; 9. Political practice and
culture in French and American environmental disputes: 9a. French and
American disputes: an introduction Claudette Lafaye, Michael Moody and
Laurent Thévenot; 9b. Forms of valuing nature: arguments and modes of
justification in French and American environmental disputes Laurent
Thévenot, Michael Moody and Claudette Lafaye; 9c. Comparing models of
strategy, interests, and the public good in French and American
environmental disputes Michael Moody and Laurent Thévenot; 10. Conclusion:
Exploring the French and the American polity Laurent Thèvenot and Michèle
Lamont.