Poor Richard's principle: recovering the American dream through the moral dimension of work, business, and money
The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow - not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in t...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The American Dream is in serious danger, according to Robert Wuthnow - not because of economic conditions, but because its moral underpinnings have been forgotten. In the past this vision was not simply a formula for success, but a moral perspective that framed our thinking about work and money in terms of broader commitments to family, community, and humanitarian values. Nowadays, we are working harder than ever, and yet many of us feel that we are not realizing our higher aspirations as individuals or as a people. Here Wuthnow examines the struggles in which American families are now engaged as they try to balance work and family, confront the pressures of consumerism, and find meaning in their careers. He suggests that we can find economic instruction and inspiration in the nation's past - in such figures as Benjamin Franklin, for instance, who was at once the prudent Poor Richard, the engaged public person, and the enthusiastic lover of life. |
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Acknowledgments xi
INTRODUCTION
The Question of Moral Restraint 3
PART ONE: THE UNREALIZED AMERICAN DREAM 15
CHAPTER ONE
Having It All—and Wanting More: The Social Symptoms
of Cultural Distress 17
Rethinking the American Dream 18
Working Harder 20
The Golden Handcuffs 24
Ethical Erosion 26
Wanting to Contribute 29
Tired to the Death? 30
Buckling Under and Burning Out 32
CHAPTER TWO
Making Choices: From Short Term Adjustments to
Principled Lives 37
Quick Fix Solutions 37
The Disease Model 41
Reforming the System 43
The Growing Role of Discretion 46
How Much Freedom Do We Have? 48
The Need for Moral Discourse 50
The Nature of Moral Discourse 51
CHAPTER THREE
Moral Tradition: The Lost Ambivalence in American Culture 59
Max Weber and the Question of Moral Limits 59
The Tradition of Ascetic Moralism 62
The Tradition of Expressive Moralism 68
The Eclipse of Moral Discourse 73
The Attainment of Closure 79
viii CONTENTS
PART TWO: THE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION OF
MATERIAL LIFE 83
CHAPTER FOUR
Shifting Perspectives: The Decoupling of Work and Money 85
Working for Money 87
The Postscarcity Thesis 90
Working to Give a Legitimate Account 92
A Ragbag Theory of Accounts 95
Additional Considerations 100
CHAPTER FIVE
Accounts: The Changing Meanings of White Collar Work 105
The Strength of Weak Reasons 106
The Wonderful Sameness of Variety 110
Masters of Choice 112
Pride of Performance 115
The Demons Within 120
The Meaning of Success 124
Work with a Human Pace 129
Putting It All Together 133
When E. F. Hutton Speaks 135
CHAPTER SIX
(Not) Talking about Money: The Social Sources and Personal
Consequences of Subjectivization 138
The American Taboo 140
The Privatization of Money 147
Money and Work 156
Grandchildren of the Great Depression 163
The Dubious Pleasures of Money 166
CHAPTER SEVEN
Getting and Spending: The Maintenance and Violation of Symbolic
Boundaries 169
Material Horizons 170
The Family Budget 181
Consumer Rituals 183
Money and Human Relationships 188
Loans and Gifts 199
Implications for Charities 202
The Question of Values 204
CONTENTS ix
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Working Class: Changing Conditions and Converging
Perspectives 206
The Changing Composition of the Working Class 207
The Professionalization of Everyone? 213
Work: Another Look at Its Discontents 216
The Social Grounding of Money 226
The New Immigrants 234
Searching for a Script 237
PART THREE: THE PRECARIOUS SOURCES OF
HUMAN VALUES 239
CHAPTER NINE
Family Life: The New Challenges of Balancing Multiple
Commitments 241
The Nuclear Family as Haven 243
Besieged by Materialism 246
Children: The Enemy Within 248
New Perspectives on Values 250
Working Men: The Great Tug of War 254
Working Women: From Composure to Composing 258
Moral Restraint 263
CHAPTER TEN
Rediscovering Community: The Cultural Potential of Caring
Behavior and Voluntary Service 265
From Community to Volunteer Organizations 268
Caring as an Antidote to Materialism 271
The Changing Meanings of Volunteer Work 276
Helping in the Helping Professions 283
Symbolic Uses of the Poor 285
The Cloak of Ignorance 289
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Quest for Spirituality: Ambiguous Voices from America s
Religious Communities 292
The Religious Heritage 293
Changing Patterns of American Religion 295
The Varieties of Religious Presence 298
Separate Worlds: From Dual Kingdom to Multiple Realities 300
Harmonious Worlds: From Cold War to Inner Peace 306
X CONTENTS
Conflicting Worlds: From Vanity Fair to Theme Park Safari 315
The Power of the Sacred 324
Uncertainty in Zion 326
PART FOUR: THE LANGUAGES OF MORAL DISCOURSE 329
CHAPTER TWELVE
Materialism and Moral Restraint: The Role of Ascetic and
Expressive Values 331
Pam Jones 336
Moral Discourse in Two Keys 339
Alternatives to Economic Reasoning 346
The Role of Feelings 352
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Possibilities of Moral Discourse: Limitations, Pathologies,
and Challenges 357
Understanding Freedom 360
Retreat from Society? 363
The Reinforcement of Discourse 364
Moralist Pathologies 365
Challenges Facing Moral Discourse 368
Methodology 375
Notes 377
Index 427
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