What Happens to People in a Competitive Society An Anthropological Investigation of Competition /

• Main Author: Thorbjørnsen, Svein Olaf (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Ethics.; Ethnology.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Economics.; Management science.; Social Anthropology.; Moral Philosophy.; Social Philosophy.; Philosophy of the Social Sciences.; Economics, general.

In this book, author Svein Olaf Thorbjørnsen probes the question: What is at stake for human beings in a society dominated by competition, particularly economic competition? Is competition endemic to human nature? Does it preserve the dignity and intrinsic value of the human being? Does it secure be...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Part I: The Phenomenon of Competition
• Chapter 2: The phenomenon of competition-social-anthropological perspectives
• Chapter 3: The phenomenon of competition-contemporary perspectives
• Part II: Competition and the Economy
• Chapter 4: Competition and the economy-historical perspectives
• Chapter 5: Competition and the economy-economic perspectives
• Chapter 6: Competition and the economy-anthropological perspectives
• Chapter 7: Competition and the economy-ethical perspectives
• Part III: Competition and anthropology
• Chapter 8: Competition and human relationships
• Chapter 9: A humane competition? Summing up anthropological and ethical perspectives.