Viviana Zelizer
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Viviana A. Zelizer, Professor of Sociology at Princeton University
, is a prominent economic sociologist
who focuses on the attribution of cultural
and moral
meaning to the economy. A constant theme in her work is economic valuation of the sacred, as found in such contexts as life insurance settlements and economic transactions with sexual intimates.
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, is a prominent economic sociologist
Economic sociology
Economic sociology studies both the social effects and the social causes of various economic phenomena. The field can be broadly divided into a classical period and a contemporary one. The classical period was concerned particularly with modernity and its constituent aspects...
who focuses on the attribution of cultural
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
and moral
Morality
Morality is the differentiation among intentions, decisions, and actions between those that are good and bad . A moral code is a system of morality and a moral is any one practice or teaching within a moral code...
meaning to the economy. A constant theme in her work is economic valuation of the sacred, as found in such contexts as life insurance settlements and economic transactions with sexual intimates.
Major works
- Viviana Zelizer (2005). The Purchase of Intimacy, Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-12408-6
- Viviana Zelizer (1994). The Social Meaning of Money: Pin Money, Paychecks, Poor Relief, and Other Currencies, Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-07891-5
- Viviana Zelizer (1985). Pricing the Priceless Child: The Changing Social Value of Children, Pinceton University Press. ISBN 0-691-03459-1
- Viviana Zelizer (1979). Morals and Markets: The Development of Life Insurance in the United States, Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-04570-0
External links
- Princeton Sociology Department
- Prof. Zelizer's faculty homepage
- Podcast featuring Zelizer Zelizer discusses The Purchase of Intimacy on EconTalkEconTalkEconTalk is a weekly podcast hosted by professor Russell Roberts at George Mason University. Roberts interviews guests—often professional economists—on topics in economics....