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.

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

Domaines: Economies et finances; Sociologie

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