Everyone’s a Collector!

Olivier Godechot (1)

1 OSC - Observatoire sociologique du changement (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre invite us to rethink the social mechanisms that produce value and underline the important role collections play in the dynamics of inequalities characterising contemporary societies. By questioning the forms and stakes of commodification and price making in today’s society, they show that inserting goods in a collection increases their value.

Keywords: Social mechanisms; Value production; Collections; Dynamics of inequalities; Price making

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance; Humanities and Social Sciences; Sociology

Olivier Godechot. Everyone’s a Collector!: About: Luc Boltanski & Arnaud Esquerre, Enrichissement. Une critique de la marchandise, Gallimard.. Books and Ideas, 2018. ⟨hal-03471643⟩