The rises of the economy of enrichment and of the extreme right

an interview with Luc Boltanksi and Arnauld Esquerre

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-6992-202136020010

Keywords:

Boltanski, Esquerre, enrichment, managerial domination, patrimonial class

Abstract

In this interview with Luc Boltanski and Arnauld Esquerre, we shall approach the last two oeuvres that they wrote together, namely Vers l’Êxtreme and Enrichissiment. Held during the 19th Congress of the Brazilian Sociological Society in 2017, the interview begins by discussing the preparation of Enrichissment, highlighting how their authors gradually conceived the so-called “economies of enrichment” as object, as well as the methodological challenges that had to be faced in doing so. Following that, the authors are asked about changes and permanencies that this oeuvre establishes in relation to their previous works, given the historical transformations analyzed in The New Spirit of Capitalism and the discussion about relationships between sociology and social critique forged in De la Critique. Finally, the interview moves towards imbrications between the new patrimonial class – formed within the economy of enrichment – and the political conservatism emerging from the extreme right and its growing electoral success.

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Author Biographies

Francesco Tomei, Universidade de São Paulo / EHESS

Francesco Tomei é doutorando em sociologia na Universidade de São Paulo / École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Ehess).

Pedro Grunewald Louro, University of São Paulo

Pedro Grunewald Louro é doutorando no Departamento de Sociologia da USP. Graduado (2018) em Ciências Sociais pela Universidade de São Paulo. Integrante do Grupo de Pesquisas em Sociologia da Educação, Conhecimento e Cultura (GPSECC)

Ana Paula Hey, Universidade de São Paulo

Professora e Pesquisadora do Departamento de Sociologia e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia na Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

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Published

2021-09-13

How to Cite

Tomei, F., Grunewald Louro, P., & Hey, A. P. (2021). The rises of the economy of enrichment and of the extreme right: an interview with Luc Boltanksi and Arnauld Esquerre. Sociedade E Estado, 36(02), 591–610. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0102-6992-202136020010