Social Capital
A Conceptual History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5852009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Farr (0000-0002-6226-5341, University of Minnesota, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 6-33 |
| Publication date | 2004-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5917 • E-ISSN: 1552-7476 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0090591703254978 |
| OpenAlex | W2029656414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 86 |
Taking its departure from current debates over social capital, this article presents new textual findings in a backward-revealing conceptual history. In particular, it analyzes the texts and contexts of Lyda J. Hanifan who was rediscovered by Robert Putnam as having (allegedly first) used the term; it offers discoveries of earlier uses of the term and concept-most notably by John Dewey-thereby introducing critical pragmatism as another tradition of social capital; and it recovers features of the critique of political economy in the nineteenth century-from Bellamy to Marshall to Sidgwick to Marx-that assessed "capital from the social point of view, " especially cooperative associations. While it ends with Marx's use of "social capital, " Dewey is its central figure. The article concludes by returning to the present and offering work, sympathy, civic education, and a critical stance as emergent themes from this conceptual history that might enrich current debates
Aesthetics · Capital (architecture · Conceptual history · Economics · Epistemology · Financial capital · Individual capital · Neoclassical economics · Period (music) · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social capital · Social reproduction · Social science · Sociology · Sympathy · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 86 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,91 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 86 |