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Taylor and Francis Ltd Ethics, Economy and Social Science 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Sanghera, Balihar
This book is a collection of critical engagements with Andrew Sayer, one of the foremost postdisciplinary thinkers of our times, with responses from Sayer himself.Sayer's ground-breaking contributions to the fields of geography, political economy and social theory have reshaped the terms of engagement with issues and debates running from the methodology of social science through to the environment, and industrial development to the ethical dimensions of everyday life. Transatlantic scholars across a wide range of fields explore his work across four main areas: critical realism; moral economy; political economy; and relations between social theory, normativity and class.This is the first full-length critical assessment of Sayer's work. It will be of interest to readers in sociology, economics, political economy, social and political philosophy, ethics, social policy, geography and urban studies, from upper-undergraduate levels upwards. IntroductionPart I: The Nature and Scope of Realism1. Why Andrew Sayer Matters2. Andrew Sayer: Human Nature and Social Critique3. Objectivity and Normativity4. Abstract and Concrete: Some (More) GroundworkPart II: Dimensions of Moral Economy5. Critical Realism and Moral Economy: Sympathetic Reflections on Andrew Sayer's Work6. Why (Mundane) Things Matter: From Moral Economy to Foundational Economy7. Moral Economy: A Framework and a Manifesto8. Putting Resistance Back in Moral EconomyPart III: Applications in Political Economy9. Andrew Sayer on Inequality, Climate Emergency and Ecological Breakdown: Can We Afford the Rich?10. Hard Work: Restructuring, Realism, and Regions 11. Varieties of Unfreedom12. The Persistent Radicalism of Andrew SayerPart IV: Social Theory, Normativity and Class13. A Social Scientist for Our Times: Unravelling the Moral Morass of Class, Wealth, Profitand Oppression14. The Elephant in the Room: Sayer on Social Class15. From Dispositions to Interaction and Relations16. Ordinary Inequality: Sayer, Political Theory and the Human Good Part V: Responses17. Responses to the Contributors