Prestige

Titel: Prestige / Henryk Domański
Verfasser:
Veröffentlicht: Frankfurt am Main : Lang-Ed., 2015
Umfang: 167 Seiten ; 210 mm x 148 mm
Format: Buch
Sprache: Englisch
Schriftenreihe/
mehrbändiges Werk:
Studies in Social Sciences, Philosophy and History of Ideas ; 14
Einheitssachtitel: Prestiz
Schlagworte:
ISBN: 3631647271 ; 9783631647271
Buchumschlag
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  • Introduction
  • p. 7
  • Chapter I
  • What is Prestige?
  • p. 11
  • Synthesis and Exchange: Two Basic Properties
  • p. 11
  • How does Prestige Differ from Other Social Relations?
  • p. 18
  • Differences Between Prestige and Other Norms: Empirical Illustrations
  • p. 25
  • Changing Grounds of Autonomy
  • p. 31
  • Chapter II
  • Prestige: Sources and Varieties
  • p. 33
  • Personal, Positional, Situational and Institutional Prestige
  • p. 33
  • Two Illustrations
  • p. 42
  • The Monopoly on Honour in Feudalism
  • p. 42
  • The Duel: A Matter of Honour
  • p. 49
  • Sacrum: The First Cause of Prestige that Sociolgy has not Explored
  • p. 53
  • Chapter III
  • Status Societies and Contract Societies
  • p. 57
  • Fundamental Change
  • p. 57
  • The Uses of Elitism
  • p. 59
  • The Various Shades of Prestige, or Postmodernism
  • p. 62
  • From Status Societies to Contract Societies
  • p. 67
  • Chapter IV
  • The Content and Impact of Prestige Norms in Poland
  • p. 69
  • The Global Hierarchy
  • p. 70
  • Prestige as a Recompense
  • p. 72
  • Decrease in Evaluative Consensus
  • p. 79
  • Causes of Disintegration
  • p. 83
  • Prestige Fairs
  • p. 87
  • Temporary Anomie and Evaluation Patterns
  • p. 89
  • Chapter V
  • How do Poles Define Prestige?
  • p. 91
  • Prestige as Defined by Farmers, Workers and the Intelligentsia
  • p. 92
  • Definitions of Prestige
  • p. 103
  • Personal Prestige
  • p. 103
  • Contexts of Personal Prestige
  • p. 109
  • Prestige of Position
  • p. 111
  • Something We Do Not Talk About: Conventional Prestige
  • p. 112
  • Occasional Prestige
  • p. 115
  • A Synthetic Dimension: Multiple Criteria
  • p. 116
  • Chapter VI
  • The Subjective Relevance of Prestige
  • p. 119
  • Prestige vs. Wealth, Education and Power
  • p. 119
  • Do People Care about Prestige?
  • p. 126
  • Diminishing Others' Prestige
  • p. 130
  • Superiority and Inferiority
  • p. 133
  • The Relevance of Prestige: Conclusion
  • p. 140
  • Chapter VII
  • Functions of Prestige
  • p. 141
  • Criteria of Prestige
  • p. 141
  • Proper Positions
  • p. 141
  • Access to Positions
  • p. 142
  • Personal Qualities
  • p. 143
  • The Hierarchy of Merits
  • p. 145
  • Prestige vs. Individual Needs
  • p. 150
  • Conclusion
  • p. 153
  • Bibliography
  • p. 157
  • Index of Names
  • p. 165