The Spirit of Luc Boltanski Essays on the 'Pragmatic Sociology of Critique' Edited by and Bryan S. Turner ANTHEM PRESS LONDON NBW VOR& Dll.Hl
CONTENTS List of Contributors Preface and Bryan S. Turner ix xxm Part 1. Introductory Remarks Luc Boltanski: His Life and Work - An Overview Three Theories of Justice: Preliminary Reflections Bryan S. Turner Tue Spirit of Luc Boltanski: Chapter Outline 3 29 49 Part II. Luc Boltanski and (Post-) Classical Sociology l. Figures of Descent from Classical Sociological Theory: Luc Boltanski BrUlget Fowler 67 Part Ill. Luc Boltanski and Pragmatism 2. Did You Say 'Pragmatic'? Luc Boltanski's Sociology from a Pragmatist Perspective Louis Qgire and Gedric Terzi 3. Why (Not) Pragmatism? Tanja&gusz 4. The Moral ldealism of Ordinary People as a Sociological Challenge: Reftections on the French Reception of Luc Boltanski and Laurent Thevenot's On]ustijicatWn Cyril Lemieux 91 129 153
vi THE SPIRIT OF LUC BOLTANSKI Part :rv. Luc Boltanski and Critique 5. Is There Such a T hing as a 'Pragmatic Sociology of Critique'? Reflections on Luc Boltanski's On CritiqUI! 173 (Translated by ) 6. Strengths and Limitations of Luc Boltanski's On CriliqUI! 211 Rob Stones 7. A Renewal of Social T heory That Remains Necessary: The Sociology of Critical Capacity Twenty Years After 235 Peter U&gner 8. Enlarging Conceptions of Testing Moments and Critical Theory: Econom~s of Warth, On CritiqUI!, and Sociology of Engagements 245 Laurent Thivenot (Trans/at,ed by Amy Jacobs) Part V. Luc Boltanski and Critical Sociology 9. Pierre Bourdieu and the Early Luc Boltanski (1960-1975): Collective Ethos and Individual Diff erence 265 Derek Robbins 10. Beyond Pragmatic Sociology: A Theoretical Compromise between 'Critical Sociology' and the 'Pragmatic Sociology of Critique' 293 Mohamed Nachi 11. Towards a Dialogue between Pierre Bourdieu's 'Critical Sociology' and Luc Boltanski's 'Pragmatic Sociology of Critique' 313 (Translated by ) Part VI. Luc Boltanski and Political Sociology 12. The Promise of Pragmatic Sociology, Human Rights, and the State 351 Kat,eNash 13. 'The Political' in the 'Pragmatic Sociology of Critique': Reading Boltanski with Lefort and Castoriadis 369 Pau!Blokkr 14. Axel Honneth and Luc Boltanski at the Epicentre of Politics 391 Mauro Basaure
CONTENTS vu 15. The Civil Sphere and On Justijication: Two Models of Public Culture 413 lrene Eulriet 16. Luc Boltanski in Euroland 425 William Outhwaite and David Spence l 7. Reflections on the Indignation of the Disprivileged and the Underprivileged 445 Bryan S. Turner Part VII. Luc Boltanski and Contemporary Issues 18. Arranging the Irreversible: The Female Condition and Contradiction 4 71 Bruno Karsenti (Translated by Peter Hamilton) 19. Luc Boltanski and the Gift: Beyond Love, beyond Suspicion...? 485 llana R Silber 20. The World of Worth in the Transhuman Condition: Prolegomena to a Proactionary Sociology Steve Full.er 21. Luc Boltanski and the Problem of Time: Notes towards a Pragmatic Sociology of the Future Lisa Adki,ns 501 517 Part VIII. Luc Boltanski in Conversation 22. An lntroduction to '"Whatever Works": Political Philosophy and Sociology - Luc Boltanski in Conversation with Craig Browne' 541 Craig Browne 23. 'Whatever Works': Political Philosophy and Sociology - Luc Boltanski in Conversation with Craig Browne Luc Boltanski and Craig Browne 24. Sociology of Critique or Critical Theory? Luc Boltanski and Axel Honneth in Conversation with Robin Celikates 561 Luc Boltanski, Axel Honneth, and Robin Celikates (Translated by ) 25. The Fragility of Reality: Luc Boltanski in Conversation withjuliette Rennes and 591 Luc Boltanski, Juliette Rennes, and (Translated by ) 549
V1ll THE SPIRIT OF LUC BOLTANSK.I Part IX. Luc Boltanski and His Critics Luc Boltanski and His Critics: An Afterword Index of Names Index of Subjects 613 803 813