Reviews for Sharing for life

The average rating for Sharing for life based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-04-29 00:00:00 Kristin Currey Finally: I was right! Economic sociology is about putting social relations into economic analysis. Modern economics posits rational self-interest as the answer to everything, and what a fucking mess that has made! I <3 sociology! This book was a fairly dry, broad overview of the (potential) subdiscipline. One little thing that the author did that means so much to me when males authors do it, so I have to give him props for it, is using the female pronoun throughout the text. I so admire feminist men! Yay, Swedberg! And I found many other books and articles to follow up on, especially some Bourdieu books I hadn't even heard about! WTF? Initially: I am done with school. I am reading this book for my own enjoyment. That's how big a sociology nerd I am. I'm on the verge of a "squee" (if I did that sort of thing) right now just looking at the table of contents. But seriously, I am pretty far to the left politically, and I never feel like I have enough economic knowledge to argue with laissez-faire economic conservatives. Sure there are plenty of moral/ethical arguments to be made against an unrestrained free market, but I want evidence and facts to back them up. As with any social science, of course, there are no unambiguous truths in economics, and the human factor can't be overlooked, which I trust is what sociology brings to this subject.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-25 00:00:00 Jon Aarbakke This book argues for a sociological concept of interest for economic sociology. It has a handy discussion of some of the classics of political economy (Smith, Marx, Tocqueville, Weber), and a nice bibliography for anyone interested in economic culture.