Prestige
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078426 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vasiliki Kantzara (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp129 |
| OpenAlex | W4206108781 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
Prestige originates from Latin and it initially meant conjuror's tricks, marking in this way its illusory but mostly symbolic nature in human societies. In social sciences the notion prestige denotes symbolic value expressed as a quality of honor and esteem that individuals and social groups may attain on the basis of desirable traits and achievement. Individuals and groups who enjoy high prestige are usually respected, esteemed, admired, and/or deferred to. Prestige is related to status, and both concepts denote processes and outcome of social evaluation that define standing in society. As a social phenomenon prestige characterizes social relations positioning individuals on a symbolic scale of social worth, which in turn forms inter alia the basis of social hierarchy
Geography · Hierarchy · Honor · Occupational prestige · Political science · Prestige · Scale (ratio · Social science · Social status · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Demography · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |