Silvia Rief
Biographic Data
| ID | 127827 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Silvia Rief |
| GIVEN NAMES | Silvia |
| FAMILY NAME | Rief |
| SIGNATURE | RIEF S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Innsbruck |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5644-7600 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
From “Socialist Accounting” to the “Livelihood of Man”
Recent commentary on Karl Polanyi’s oeuvre has argued that the émigré scholar abandoned his earlier concerns of working out a (socialist) alternative to liberal market society when delving into the institutional study of ancient economies at Columbia University from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. This article reconsiders Polanyi’s late work through the lens of his 1920s efforts to theorize socialist accounting and a socialist economy in the co…
Karl Polanyi’s ‘socialist accounting’ and ‘overview’ in the age of data analytics
Digital capitalism’s information infrastructure is the subject of contentious debates concerning its transformative effects on the political economy and society. A frequent proposition, referring to older arguments of the ‘socialist calculation debate’, is that with big data analytics the pro-market arguments of neoliberal economists such as Hayek or Mises become obsolete. This article critically examines this proposition by drawing on Karl Polan…
Consumerism
This entry covers the various layers of meaning of the term “consumerism.” It outlines its historical legacy as a term of critique, which has shaped the dominant understanding of consumerism as an ethic and way of life revolving around consumption. In recent debates, the meanings of the term have diversified. Consumerism is either seen as the ideology of conspicuous consumption, as an economic or political ideology, or refers to the collective or…
Reactionaries of the lectern
This article discusses one early manifestation of a recurring theme in social theory and sociology: the relationship between general ('universal' or 'grand') theory and empirical research. For the early critical theorists, empiricism and positivism were associated with technocratic domination. However, there was one place where the opposite view prevailed: science and empiricism were viewed as forces of social and political progress and speculati…
‘Mobile Practices’, ‘Mobile Methods’ and Beyond
Erna Appelt, Brigitte Aulenbacher und Angelika Wetterer (Hrsg.) (2013)
Club Cultures
This book explores contemporary club and dance cultures as a manifestation of aesthetic and prosthetic forms of life. Rief addresses the questions of how practices of clubbing help cultivate particular forms of reflexivity and modes of experience, and how these shape new devices for reconfiguring the boundaries around youth cultural and other social identities. She contributes empirical analyses of how such forms of experience are mediated by the…
Book and Website Reviews
Myra H. Strober (2011): Interdisciplinary Conversations. Challenging Habits of Thought Review by Silvia Rief Hans Radder (ed.) (2010): The Commodification of Academic Research: Science and the Modern University Review by Antonino Palumbo Gabriela Pleschová (ed.) (2010): IT in Action: Stimulating Quality Learning at Undergraduate Students Review by John Craig Les Back (2010-11): Academic Diary, http://www.academic-diary.co.uk/ Sally Fincher, Janet…
Outlines of a Critical Sociology of Consumption
The ‘new’ sociology of consumption that emerged in the 1980s acknowledged that consumption is a significant cultural and social practice and not just a mere signifier of the pathological elements of contemporary societies. Arguably, this rehabilitation of consumption has overshot its mark and has led to an overly positive, complacent and celebratory rendering of consumption and to an overriding concern with the symbolic and communicative dimensio…
Outlines of a Critical Sociology of Consumption
The ‘new’ sociology of consumption that emerged in the 1980s acknowledged that consumption is a significant cultural and social practice and not just a mere signifier of the pathological elements of contemporary societies. Arguably, this rehabilitation of consumption has overshot its mark and has led to an overly positive, complacent and celebratory rendering of consumption and to an overriding concern with the symbolic and communicative dimensio…
Karl Polanyi’s ‘socialist accounting’ and ‘overview’ in the age of data analytics
Digital capitalism’s information infrastructure is the subject of contentious debates concerning its transformative effects on the political economy and society. A frequent proposition, referring to older arguments of the ‘socialist calculation debate’, is that with big data analytics the pro-market arguments of neoliberal economists such as Hayek or Mises become obsolete. This article critically examines this proposition by drawing on Karl Polan…
Reactionaries of the lectern
This article discusses one early manifestation of a recurring theme in social theory and sociology: the relationship between general ('universal' or 'grand') theory and empirical research. For the early critical theorists, empiricism and positivism were associated with technocratic domination. However, there was one place where the opposite view prevailed: science and empiricism were viewed as forces of social and political progress and speculati…
Outlines of a Critical Sociology of Consumption
The ‘new’ sociology of consumption that emerged in the 1980s acknowledged that consumption is a significant cultural and social practice and not just a mere signifier of the pathological elements of contemporary societies. Arguably, this rehabilitation of consumption has overshot its mark and has led to an overly positive, complacent and celebratory rendering of consumption and to an overriding concern with the symbolic and communicative dimensio…
Club Cultures
This book explores contemporary club and dance cultures as a manifestation of aesthetic and prosthetic forms of life. Rief addresses the questions of how practices of clubbing help cultivate particular forms of reflexivity and modes of experience, and how these shape new devices for reconfiguring the boundaries around youth cultural and other social identities. She contributes empirical analyses of how such forms of experience are mediated by the…
Book and Website Reviews
Myra H. Strober (2011): Interdisciplinary Conversations. Challenging Habits of Thought Review by Silvia Rief Hans Radder (ed.) (2010): The Commodification of Academic Research: Science and the Modern University Review by Antonino Palumbo Gabriela Pleschová (ed.) (2010): IT in Action: Stimulating Quality Learning at Undergraduate Students Review by John Craig Les Back (2010-11): Academic Diary, http://www.academic-diary.co.uk/ Sally Fincher, Janet…
Erna Appelt, Brigitte Aulenbacher und Angelika Wetterer (Hrsg.) (2013)
‘Mobile Practices’, ‘Mobile Methods’ and Beyond
Consumerism
This entry covers the various layers of meaning of the term “consumerism.” It outlines its historical legacy as a term of critique, which has shaped the dominant understanding of consumerism as an ethic and way of life revolving around consumption. In recent debates, the meanings of the term have diversified. Consumerism is either seen as the ideology of conspicuous consumption, as an economic or political ideology, or refers to the collective or…
Reactionaries of the lectern
This article discusses one early manifestation of a recurring theme in social theory and sociology: the relationship between general ('universal' or 'grand') theory and empirical research. For the early critical theorists, empiricism and positivism were associated with technocratic domination. However, there was one place where the opposite view prevailed: science and empiricism were viewed as forces of social and political progress and speculati…
Karl Polanyi’s ‘socialist accounting’ and ‘overview’ in the age of data analytics
Digital capitalism’s information infrastructure is the subject of contentious debates concerning its transformative effects on the political economy and society. A frequent proposition, referring to older arguments of the ‘socialist calculation debate’, is that with big data analytics the pro-market arguments of neoliberal economists such as Hayek or Mises become obsolete. This article critically examines this proposition by drawing on Karl Polan…
From “Socialist Accounting” to the “Livelihood of Man”
Recent commentary on Karl Polanyi’s oeuvre has argued that the émigré scholar abandoned his earlier concerns of working out a (socialist) alternative to liberal market society when delving into the institutional study of ancient economies at Columbia University from the late 1940s to the late 1950s. This article reconsiders Polanyi’s late work through the lens of his 1920s efforts to theorize socialist accounting and a socialist economy in the co…
Sociology (6 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)