Poor Richard's principle [[electronic resource] ] : recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (442 p.) |
Disciplina | 306/.0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Work - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Money - Moral and ethical aspects - United States Business ethics - United States Social values - United States Work and family - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9786612753183
1-282-75318-5 1-4008-2220-3 1-4008-1392-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. THE QUESTION OF MORAL RESTRAINT -- PART ONE. THE UNREALIZED AMERICAN DREAM -- Chapter One. HAVING IT ALL-AND WANTING MORE: THE SOCIAL SYMPTOMS OF CULTURAL DISTRESS -- Chapter Two. MAKING CHOICES: FROM SHORT-TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO PRINCIPLED LIVES -- Chapter Three. MORAL TRADITION: THE LOST AMBIVALENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE -- PART TWO. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIAL LIFE -- Chapter Four. SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: THE DECOUPLING OF WORK AND MONEY -- Chapter Five. ACCOUNTS: THE CHANGING MEANINGS OF WHITE-COLLAR WORK -- Chapter Six. (NOT) TALKING ABOUT MONEY: THE SOCIAL SOURCES AND PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBJECTIVIZATION -- Chapter Seven. GETTING AND SPENDING: THE MAINTENANCE AND VIOLATION OF SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES -- Chapter Eight. THE WORKING CLASS: CHANGING CONDITIONS AND CONVERGING PERSPECTIVES -- PART THREE. THE PRECARIOUS SOURCES OF HUMAN VALUES -- Chapter Nine. FAMILY LIFE: THE NEW CHALLENGES OF BALANCING MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS -- Chapter Ten. REDISCOVERING COMMUNITY: THE CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF CARING BEHAVIOR AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE -- Chapter Eleven. THE QUEST FOR SPIRITUALITY: AMBIGUOUS VOICES FROM AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- PART FOUR. THE LANGUAGES OF MORAL DISCOURSE -- Chapter Twelve. MATERIALISM AND MORAL RESTRAINT: THE ROLE OF ASCETIC AND EXPRESSIVE VALUES -- Chapter Thirteen. THE POSSIBILITIES OF MORAL DISCOURSE: LIMITATIONS, ATHOLOGIES, AND CHALLENGES -- METHODOLOGY -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455053703321 |
Wuthnow Robert | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poor Richard's principle : recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 429 pages) |
Disciplina | 306/.0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Work - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Money - Moral and ethical aspects - United States Business ethics - United States Social values - United States Work and family - United States |
ISBN |
9786612753183
1-282-75318-5 1-4008-2220-3 1-4008-1392-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. THE QUESTION OF MORAL RESTRAINT -- PART ONE. THE UNREALIZED AMERICAN DREAM -- Chapter One. HAVING IT ALL-AND WANTING MORE: THE SOCIAL SYMPTOMS OF CULTURAL DISTRESS -- Chapter Two. MAKING CHOICES: FROM SHORT-TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO PRINCIPLED LIVES -- Chapter Three. MORAL TRADITION: THE LOST AMBIVALENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE -- PART TWO. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIAL LIFE -- Chapter Four. SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: THE DECOUPLING OF WORK AND MONEY -- Chapter Five. ACCOUNTS: THE CHANGING MEANINGS OF WHITE-COLLAR WORK -- Chapter Six. (NOT) TALKING ABOUT MONEY: THE SOCIAL SOURCES AND PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBJECTIVIZATION -- Chapter Seven. GETTING AND SPENDING: THE MAINTENANCE AND VIOLATION OF SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES -- Chapter Eight. THE WORKING CLASS: CHANGING CONDITIONS AND CONVERGING PERSPECTIVES -- PART THREE. THE PRECARIOUS SOURCES OF HUMAN VALUES -- Chapter Nine. FAMILY LIFE: THE NEW CHALLENGES OF BALANCING MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS -- Chapter Ten. REDISCOVERING COMMUNITY: THE CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF CARING BEHAVIOR AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE -- Chapter Eleven. THE QUEST FOR SPIRITUALITY: AMBIGUOUS VOICES FROM AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- PART FOUR. THE LANGUAGES OF MORAL DISCOURSE -- Chapter Twelve. MATERIALISM AND MORAL RESTRAINT: THE ROLE OF ASCETIC AND EXPRESSIVE VALUES -- Chapter Thirteen. THE POSSIBILITIES OF MORAL DISCOURSE: LIMITATIONS, ATHOLOGIES, AND CHALLENGES -- METHODOLOGY -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780051203321 |
Wuthnow Robert | ||
Princeton, N.J. : , : Princeton University Press, , 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Poor Richard's principle : recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money / / Robert Wuthnow |
Autore | Wuthnow Robert |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 429 pages) |
Disciplina | 306/.0973 |
Soggetto topico |
Work - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Money - Moral and ethical aspects - United States Business ethics - United States Social values - United States Work and family - United States |
ISBN |
1-4008-1876-1
9786612753183 1-282-75318-5 1-4008-2220-3 1-4008-1392-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction. THE QUESTION OF MORAL RESTRAINT -- PART ONE. THE UNREALIZED AMERICAN DREAM -- Chapter One. HAVING IT ALL-AND WANTING MORE: THE SOCIAL SYMPTOMS OF CULTURAL DISTRESS -- Chapter Two. MAKING CHOICES: FROM SHORT-TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO PRINCIPLED LIVES -- Chapter Three. MORAL TRADITION: THE LOST AMBIVALENCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE -- PART TWO. THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF MATERIAL LIFE -- Chapter Four. SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES: THE DECOUPLING OF WORK AND MONEY -- Chapter Five. ACCOUNTS: THE CHANGING MEANINGS OF WHITE-COLLAR WORK -- Chapter Six. (NOT) TALKING ABOUT MONEY: THE SOCIAL SOURCES AND PERSONAL CONSEQUENCES OF SUBJECTIVIZATION -- Chapter Seven. GETTING AND SPENDING: THE MAINTENANCE AND VIOLATION OF SYMBOLIC BOUNDARIES -- Chapter Eight. THE WORKING CLASS: CHANGING CONDITIONS AND CONVERGING PERSPECTIVES -- PART THREE. THE PRECARIOUS SOURCES OF HUMAN VALUES -- Chapter Nine. FAMILY LIFE: THE NEW CHALLENGES OF BALANCING MULTIPLE COMMITMENTS -- Chapter Ten. REDISCOVERING COMMUNITY: THE CULTURAL POTENTIAL OF CARING BEHAVIOR AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE -- Chapter Eleven. THE QUEST FOR SPIRITUALITY: AMBIGUOUS VOICES FROM AMERICA'S RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES -- PART FOUR. THE LANGUAGES OF MORAL DISCOURSE -- Chapter Twelve. MATERIALISM AND MORAL RESTRAINT: THE ROLE OF ASCETIC AND EXPRESSIVE VALUES -- Chapter Thirteen. THE POSSIBILITIES OF MORAL DISCOURSE: LIMITATIONS, ATHOLOGIES, AND CHALLENGES -- METHODOLOGY -- NOTES -- INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826556903321 |
Wuthnow Robert | ||
Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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