An interview with Luc Boltanski: Criticism and the expansion of knowledge

To Frack or Not to Frack? The Interaction of Justification and Power in a Sustainability Controversy

“…They are not a subject matter of On Justification , but not because we thought power relations were non‐existent. (Basaure, , p. 369).…”

Anti-equivalence: Pragmatics of post-liberal dispute

“…An intended consequence of this perspective is to highlight the degree of critical agency that all parties have in the reproduction of social and economic reality, and consequently to expose the moral and empirical fragility of the status quo. This is the central way in which the 'sociology of critique' departs from the 'critical sociology' of Bourdieu (Boltanski, 2011;Basaure, 2011a). As Boltanski and Thevenot stress, power does not typically work through brute domination, but by offering justifications in the form of evidence of its normative rectitude.…”

From critical accounting to an account of critique: the case of cultural emancipators

“…These are the key, intertwined questions. In answering these, in this paper, we contribute to interdisciplinary and critical accounting research in particular and the sociology of critique in general (Basaure & Boltanski, 2011;Blokker, Brighenti, & Thévenot, 2011;Boltanski, 2009Boltanski, , 2011Boltanski & Thévenot, 1999Thévenot, 2009).…”

“…He devised a professional group, les cadres (executives), developed models of cities and economies of worth (Boltanski & Thévenot, 2006), and explored the conditions whereby Capitalism keeps expanding and continually survives its internal crises and recurrent criticisms (Boltanski & Chiapello, 1999, 2006. In this paper, we will build on his conceptualising of critique and emancipation (Basaure & Boltanski, 2011;Blokker et al, 2011;Boltanski, 2011;Boltanski & Chiapello, 2006;Boltanski & Thévenot, 1999, 2006 1 and offer fresh insights into how knowledge is advanced.…”