Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom
Autor Catherine Hakimen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 sep 2011 – vârsta de la 13 ani
In
2010,
pioneering
sociologist
Catherine
Hakim
shocked
the
world
with
a
provocative
new
theory:
In
addition
to
the
three
recognized
personal
assets
(economic,
cultural,
and
social
capital),
each
individual
has
a
fourth
asset—erotic
capital—that
he
or
she
can,
and
should,
use
to
advance
within
society.
In
this
bold
and
controversial
book,
Hakim
explores
the
applications
and
significance
of
erotic
capital,
challenging
the
disapproval
meted
out
to
women
and
men
who
use
sex
appeal
to
get
ahead
in
life.
Social
scientists
have
paid
little
serious
attention
to
these
modes
of
personal
empowerment,
despite
overwhelming
evidence
of
their
importance.
InErotic
Capital,
Hakim
marshals
a
trove
of
research
to
show
that
rather
than
degrading
those
who
employ
it,
erotic
capital
represents
a
powerful
and
potentially
equalizing
tool—one
that
we
scorn
only
to
our
own
detriment.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465027477
ISBN-10: 0465027474
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465027474
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Catherine
Hakimis
a
sociologist
and
Professor
at
the
London
School
of
Economics.
An
expert
on
women’s
employment
and
family
policy
and
the
author
of
numerous
books
and
more
than
one
hundred
papers
on
social
science,
she
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
Publishers
Weekly
“This enthusiastic book…succeeds in marrying economics with eros.”
Financial Times(London)
“Poets and novelists have always sensed that sexual attractiveness is a kind of capital…. But few sociologists have studied erotic capital outside the marriage market…. Hakim's concept of erotic capital…offers insight into an age that has, as Philip Larkin once put it, ‘burst into fulfillment's desolate attic.'”
The Observer(London)
“An extremely important new socio-economic concept….Hakim's real argument is that in modern consumer societies the ways we define success (and hence the ingredients needed to achieve it) are becoming more fluid. Intelligence may still be one path do doing well…but there's been an explosion of other routes….In marketing, public relations, television, even the law and banking, being physically attractive is the way to get ahead.”
“This enthusiastic book…succeeds in marrying economics with eros.”
Financial Times(London)
“Poets and novelists have always sensed that sexual attractiveness is a kind of capital…. But few sociologists have studied erotic capital outside the marriage market…. Hakim's concept of erotic capital…offers insight into an age that has, as Philip Larkin once put it, ‘burst into fulfillment's desolate attic.'”
The Observer(London)
“An extremely important new socio-economic concept….Hakim's real argument is that in modern consumer societies the ways we define success (and hence the ingredients needed to achieve it) are becoming more fluid. Intelligence may still be one path do doing well…but there's been an explosion of other routes….In marketing, public relations, television, even the law and banking, being physically attractive is the way to get ahead.”