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Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life
Andrew Sayer
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Description for Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life
Paperback. Andrew Sayer suggests how social science can better understand people's concerns and values, especially their ethical sentiments and dispositions. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and ... Read more
Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that values are beyond reason, and merely subjective or matters of convention, with little or nothing to do with the kind of beings people are, the quality of their social relations, their material circumstances or well-being. The author shows how social theory and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
447g
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521171649
SKU
V9780521171649
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About Andrew Sayer
Andrew Sayer is Professor of Social Theory and Political Economy in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University. His most recent publications include The Moral Significance of Class (2005) and Realism and Social Science (2000).
Reviews for Why Things Matter to People: Social Science, Values and Ethical Life
'This is an outstandingly well written text, clear and accessible but without oversimplification. Given recent assaults on the human/non-human distinction, Sayer's sturdy defence of what is distinctively human in our liability to suffering and our ability to thrive is more than welcome.' Margaret S. Archer, University of Warwick 'This is a fascinating book. It challenges disciplinary boundaries, and encourages us ... Read more