Peter Jaworski
Biographic Data
| ID | 3488237 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Jaworski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Jaworski |
| SIGNATURE | JAWORSKI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0174-7013 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money
Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market. We will argue that market exchanges do not have the univocal negative social meaning that friends and foes of markets claim they have. Instead, we arg…
If You Can Reply for Money, You Can Reply for Free
Markets without Symbolic Limits
Semiotic objections to commodification hold that buying and selling certain goods and services is wrong because of what market exchange communicates or because it violates the meaning of certain goods, services, and relationships. We argue that such objections fail. The meaning of markets and of money is a contingent, socially constructed fact. Cultures often impute meaning to markets in harmful, socially destructive, or costly ways. Rather than …
An Absurd Tax on our Fellow Citizens
In Defense of Fakes and Artistic Treason
Markets without Symbolic Limits
Semiotic objections to commodification hold that buying and selling certain goods and services is wrong because of what market exchange communicates or because it violates the meaning of certain goods, services, and relationships. We argue that such objections fail. The meaning of markets and of money is a contingent, socially constructed fact. Cultures often impute meaning to markets in harmful, socially destructive, or costly ways. Rather than …
In Defense of Fakes and Artistic Treason
An Absurd Tax on our Fellow Citizens
Markets without Symbolic Limits
Semiotic objections to commodification hold that buying and selling certain goods and services is wrong because of what market exchange communicates or because it violates the meaning of certain goods, services, and relationships. We argue that such objections fail. The meaning of markets and of money is a contingent, socially constructed fact. Cultures often impute meaning to markets in harmful, socially destructive, or costly ways. Rather than …
If You Can Reply for Money, You Can Reply for Free
Positive Freedom and the Social Meaning of Money
Semiotic objections to markets hold that buying and selling certain things – for example, sex, body parts, votes, surrogacy services – expresses that those things are fungible with money, which has only profane value. This article offers a more fundamental challenge to semiotic critiques of market. We will argue that market exchanges do not have the univocal negative social meaning that friends and foes of markets claim they have. Instead, we arg…
Economic Theory and Institutions (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Aesthetic Perception and Analysis (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Art History and Market Analysis (1 work) · Business ethics (1 work) · Commodification (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Conceptual framework (1 work)