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The Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Towards a Dialogue between Pierre Bourdieu's ‘Critical Sociology’ and Luc Boltanski's ‘Pragmatic Sociology of Critique’

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The article was published on 2014-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 14 citations till now.

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Towards a Critical Sociology of Dominant Ideologies: An Unexpected Reunion between Pierre Bourdieu and Luc Boltanski:

TL;DR: Bourdieu and Boltanski's La production de l'ideologie dominante as mentioned in this paper, which was originally published in Actes de la recherche en sciences sociales in 1976, has received little serious attention in the Anglophone literature on contemporary French sociology.
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The Seductive Force of ‘Noumenal Power’: A New Path (or Impasse) for Critical Theory?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine Rainer Forst's account of "noumenal power" and assess its usefulness for overcoming the shortcomings of alternative explanatory frameworks, arguing that, although it succeeds in avoiding the drawbacks of rival approaches, it suffers from significant limitations.
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The Economy of Enrichment: Towards a New Form of Capitalism?

TL;DR: The main purpose of as discussed by the authors is to provide a critical overview of the key contributions made by Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre in Enrichissement and to demonstrate that Boltanski's Enrichissment contains valuable insights into the constitution of Western European capitalism in the early twenty-first century.
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Reflections on ideology: Lessons from Pierre Bourdieu and Luc Boltanski

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that useful lessons can be learned from Bourdieu and Boltanski's critical investigation, as it provides crucial insights into the principal characteristics and functions of ideologies, including the ways in which they develop and operate in advanced capitalist societies.
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Remarks on the Nature of Justification: A Socio-Pragmatic Perspective

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the extent to which Boltanski and Thevenot's conceptual framework, widely known as the sociology of critical capacity, permits them to demonstrate that processes of justification are vital to the symbolically mediated construction of social life.
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Une sociologie pragmatique de la critique est-elle possible? Quelques réflexions sur « De la critique » de Luc Boltanski

TL;DR: The main purpose of as discussed by the authors is to provide an in-depth discu ssion of Luc Boltanski's On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation, a sociological analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of this book.