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Altruism, sociology and the history of economic thought

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This paper is organized in three stages. In the first part, I outline the evolution of the notion of altruism with its critical dimension of political economy by following the intellectual sequence from Auguste Comte to Pierre Bourdieu, through Emile Durkheim and Marcel Mauss. In the second, I consider the forms of transaction to which these sociologists report altruism and its derivatives. In the last section, I examine recent developments on altruism as a result of developments on performativity on the one hand and market design on the other.

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  • Philippe Steiner, 2019. "Altruism, sociology and the history of economic thought," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(6), pages 1252-1274, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:26:y:2019:i:6:p:1252-1274
    DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2019.1670226
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    1. Louis W. Fry & Mai Chi Vu, 2024. "Leading Without a Self: Implications of Buddhist Practices for Pseudo-spiritual Leadership," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 190(1), pages 41-57, February.

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