Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters
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Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters
By (Author) Gloria Origgi
Translated by Stephen Holmes
Translated by Noga Arikha
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
19th February 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social, group or collective psychology
Economics
302.12
Physical Properties
Hardback
296
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
454g
Description
A compelling exploration of how reputation affects every aspect of contemporary life Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary Why do we care
Reviews
"The kind of I dare you to follow my logic book that jumps from evolutionary game theory, to Balzac, to Donald Trumps Twitter feed."---Hanna Rosin, Invisibilia
"[Reputation] mixes crunchy intellectual provocations with literary allusions, catty takes on academic life and some juicy riffs."---Ian Leslie, New Statesman
Author Bio
Gloria Origgi, a Paris-based philosopher, is a senior researcher at the Institut Jean Nicod at the National Center for Scientific Research. Her books include one on trust and another on the future of writing on the Internet. She maintains a blog in English, French, and Italian at gloriaoriggi.blogspot.com.
