Everyone's a winner : life in our congratulatory culture
Best, Joel
Every kindergarten soccer player gets a trophy. Many high schools name dozens of seniors as valedictoriansof the same class. Cars sport bumper stickers that read USANumber 1.” Prizes proliferate in every corner of American society, and excellence is trumpeted with ratings that range from Academy Award winner!” to Best Neighborhood Pizza!” In Everyone’s a Winner, Joel Best acclaimed author of Damned Lies and Statistics and many other booksshines a bright light on the increasing abundance of status in our society and considers what it all means. With humor and insight, Best argues that status affluence fosters social worlds and, in the process, helps give meaning to life in a large society.
Категорії:
Рік:
2011
Видавництво:
University of California Press
Мова:
english
Сторінки:
199
ISBN 10:
0520948483
ISBN 13:
9780520948488
Файл:
EPUB, 688 KB
IPFS:
,
english, 2011