مبادئ علم الاجتماع الاقتصادي

by Richard Swedberg (تأليف), جهاد الترك (مترجم), عمر سليم التل (مراجعة)

صدر عن سلسلة "ترجمان" في المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات كتاب مبادئ علم الاجتماع الاقتصادي، وهو ترجمة جهاد الترك العربية لكتاب ريتشارد سويدبرغ Principles of Economic Sociology (راجعه عمر سليم التل). يقول المؤلف في مقدمته للكتاب إن الهدفين الرئيسين من تأليفه يتمثلان في إدخال منظور جديد إلى علم الاجتماع الاقتصادي، "إضافةً إلى بسط مفاهيمه الأساسية، وأفكاره، واستنتاجاته. إن المنظور الجديد الذي أرغب في تقديمه يركز على نطاق هذا المجال المعرفي؛ إذ ينبغي في علم الاجتماع الاقتصادي ألا يكون اهتمامه محصورًا في تأثير العلاقات الاجتماعية على الأفعال الاقتصادية (الذي هو محل عنايته الرئيسة الآن)، ولكن أن يجعل المصالح محل عنايته أيضًا، وأن يسعى بشكل أعم إلى تثبيت التحليل عند مستوى المصلحة".

Genres: Sociology, Economics, Nonfiction

636 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2003

Reviews

[Meen · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[• Domeniko • · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25

[Mohammed Saleh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great effort!

[Noelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Arya · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book should be read by those wanting to know what economic sociology is all about.