Screen LibrarySociety in contemporary Laos : capitalism, habitus and belief /
"Over the past decade, Laos' exposure to global capitalism has resulted in extensive economic and social transformations. This book pursues the theoretical aim of shedding light on the old question raised by Max Weber about the relation between capitalism, ethos and society. The empirical...
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Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge contemporary Southeast Asia ;
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| Summary: |
"Over the past decade, Laos' exposure to global capitalism has resulted in extensive economic and social transformations. This book pursues the theoretical aim of shedding light on the old question raised by Max Weber about the relation between capitalism, ethos and society. The empirical study consists of a description of the social structures, their embodiment in the habitus and world-views in Laos against the background of a critical revision of Pierre Bourdieu's sociology. To achieve these aims, the author develops a qualitative methodology as neither Weber nor Bourdieu explained how to |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 170 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-165) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780415342193 (hardback) : 0415342198 (hardback) 9781315229539 1315229536 |
| Index Number: | HN700 |
| CLC: | F133.4 |
| Call Number: | F133.4/R345 |
| Contents: | Sociocultures and history -- Colonial transformation -- Socialist transformation -- Capitalist transformation -- Capitalism, habitus and society -- Sociocultures and classes -- Habitus groups -- Classification and language-games -- Religion and division of work -- Objective layers of religion -- Ethos and religion -- Habitus and belief : a case study of Ban Pha Khao. |