Introduction to Special Issue on the work of Luc Boltanski

This introduction to a special issue of Thesis Eleven devoted to the work of Luc Boltanski overviews the various contributions to the issue, including the interview it contains with Luc Boltanski that was conducted by Craig Browne. Boltanski is described as challenging formulaic approaches in sociol...

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Published inThesis eleven Vol. 124; no. 1; pp. 3 - 6
Main Author Browne, Craig
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2014
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Boltanski, Luc
Capitalism
Democracy
Ideologies
Imagination
Innovations
Modernity
Pragmatism
Sociology
Theses
capitalism
Luc Boltanski
collective imagination
modernity
pragmatism
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Summary:This introduction to a special issue of Thesis Eleven devoted to the work of Luc Boltanski overviews the various contributions to the issue, including the interview it contains with Luc Boltanski that was conducted by Craig Browne. Boltanski is described as challenging formulaic approaches in sociology and as developing instead novel theoretical insights and an innovative pragmatist methodology. It is suggested that these innovations are complemented by Boltanski’s substantial investigations into empirical developments. Links are drawn between the themes of Boltanski’s work, especially on the new spirit of capitalism, and Peter Murphy’s book The Collective Imagination, which is the subject of a review essay article by Craig Browne. Peter Murphy is one of the other contributors to the issue, along with Paul Blokker and Simon Susen. The papers engage with various features of Boltanski’s work, especially the topics of critique, democracy, capitalism, and ideology.
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ISSN:0725-5136
1461-7455
DOI:10.1177/0725513614552757