What happens to people in a competitive society : an anthropological investigation of competition / Svein Olaf Thorbjørnsen.
2019
HB238 .T46 2019
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Title
What happens to people in a competitive society : an anthropological investigation of competition / Svein Olaf Thorbjørnsen.
Uniform Title
Vinn eller forsvinn!. English
ISBN
9783030221331 (electronic book)
3030221334 (electronic book)
3030221326
9783030221324
3030221334 (electronic book)
3030221326
9783030221324
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Language
English
Language Note
Revised and translated edition of a book originally published in Norwegian in 2008.
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HB238 .T46 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
306.3
Summary
In this book, author Svein Olaf Thorbjørnsen probes the question: What is at stake for human beings in a society dominated by competition, particularly economic competition? Is competition endemic to human nature? Does it preserve the dignity and intrinsic value of the human being? Does it secure better living conditions? In a way, the answer to these queries is a simple "yes." It can allow for superior satisfaction of fundamental needs; legitimate self-love and self-realization; and encourage positive feelings upon mastering a skill. At the same time, however, competition can also contribute to a strong materialistic self-interest and support classicism, social ranking, and elitism: other human beings become only means to a personal success, thus jeopardizing fellowship and collaboration. In a hyper-competitive environment, some of the same positive human values mentioned above--self-love, self-realisation, individuality, and freedom--can be viewed to pose a threat to the realisation of ones potential. These competing, contradictory aspects of competition are presented and discussed from perspectives across varying disciplines, from social anthropology and economics to history, ethics, philosophy and theology.
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