Entrepreneurial Self - Fabricating a New Type of Subject

Informationen zum Autor Ulrich Brockling is Professor of Cultural Sociology at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany.  Klappentext A seminal study from a major name in sociology. Ulrich Brockling explores how the contemporary call for entrepreneurship leads to permanent 'over-challenging', exacerbates feelings of powerlessness and generates unbounded anger. We are promised that the most capable will reap the most success, but no amount of effort can remove the risk of failure. Zusammenfassung A seminal study from a major name in sociology. Ulrich Brockling explores how the contemporary call for entrepreneurship leads to permanent 'over-challenging', exacerbates feelings of powerlessness and generates unbounded anger. We are promised that the most capable will reap the most success, but no amount of effort can remove the risk of failure. Inhaltsverzeichnis Genealogy of Subjectification Tracing the Contours of the Entrepreneurial Self The Rationality of the Entrepreneurial Self The Truth about the Market: variants of neo-liberalism The Four Functions of the Entrepreneur The Contractual World Strategies and Programmes Creativity Empowerment Quality Projects Conclusion: Lines of flight - the art of being different differently

Product details

• Authors: Ulrich Brockling, Ulrich Bröckling, Ulrich Broeckling
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.12.2015
• EAN: 9781473902336
• ISBN: 978-1-4739-0233-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General