Poor Richard's Principle

Abstract

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Question of Moral Restraint3Ch. 1Having It All - and Wanting More: The Social Symptoms of Cultural Distress17Ch. 2Making Choices: From Short-Term Adjustments to Principled Lives37Ch. 3Moral Tradition: The Lost Ambivalence in American Culture59Ch. 4Shifting Perspectives: The Decoupling of Work and Money85Ch. 5Accounts: The Changing Meanings of White-Collar Work105Ch. 6(Not) Talking about Money: The Social Sources and Personal Consequences of Subjectivization138Ch. 7Getting and Spending: The Maintenance and Violation of Symbolic Boundaries169Ch. 8The Working Class: Changing Conditions and Converging Perspectives206Ch. 9Family LIfe: The New Challenges of Balancing Multiple Commitments241Ch. 10Rediscovering Community: The Cultural Potential of Caring Behavior and Voluntary Service265Ch. 11The Quest for Spirituality: Ambiguous Voices from America's Religious Communities292Ch. 12Materialism and Moral Restraint: The Role of Ascetic and Expressive Values331Ch. 13The Possibilities of Moral Discourse: Limitations, Pathologies, and Challenges357Methodology375Notes377Index427