The 'social' as metaphor and the case of cooperatives : a critique of economic individualism /: a critique of economic individualism. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Marie L. Pellegrin-Rescia and Yair Levi.
• Authors: Pellegrin-Rescia, Marie L; Levi, Yair
• Contents: Contents: Foreword; Preface: Marie L. Pellegrin-Rescia. Part I The �Social� as Metaphor, Marie L. Pellegrin-Rescia: Introduction to Part I: theoretical approach and historical overview: Section A, The theoretical approach; The thinking-talking human being and his categories of thought; The speaking-acting subject and the symbolic field of language; The speaking-acting individual and the imaginary of the Social Field; Section B, A historical overview; Interdependence and places of wandering: a history of places and bonds; Symbolic delimitation versus imaginary bonds; Anthropological debt versus imaginary work places; Readiness to lose versus imaginary places of production; Conclusion to Part I. Part II Cooperatives as Examples and their Paradoxes, Yair Levi. Introduction to Part II: cooperatives, categories of thought, embeddedness/disembeddedness; Images, myths and stereotypes; Section A, The official discourse; Origins and constituent elements; Section B, A critique of the official discourse; Tensions and inconsistencies; Interpreting the socio-economic duality; Paradoxes of cooperatives; The case studies; What have we learned from cooperatives?; Summary and conclusions. Epilogue: Beyond The �Social� as Metaphor, Marie L. Pellegrin-Rescia; Introduction to epilogue: going beyond the social: �doing things with words� according to the symbolic register; Thinking �nestedness� as a system of constituent rules; Thinking the political with the categories of the symbolic: the example of South Africa; The virtual more real than reality: The Città Aperta of Sicily; Conclusions, Marie L. Pellegrin-Rescia withYair Levi; References; Index.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.34; Cooperation; Social psychology; Collective settlements; Critical discourse analysis; Economic history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351145220
• Related ISBNs: 9781351145237; 9781351145213; 9781351145244
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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