Scams and Sweeteners: A Sociology of Fraud (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781876843397)

In Scams and Sweeteners, author Masahiro Ogino presents his sociological reflections on fraudulent acts, which are preformed in the space that is not governed by social norms. In this ambitious study, he attempts to develop a theory of what he calls a "society of zero sociability" on the basis of Japanese, French, German, Swiss, Italian, and American cases. He argues that "there is no clear delineation between friendship and respect, and gift-giving and scams, in degree-zero society. There is no differentiation between a premeditated scam and the intention to give a gift, and one could easily become the other, so that a situation may seem like a scam but could easily seem like an example of gift giving. There is a need for sociological theory focusing on [this] primordial world."

Author: Masahiro Ogino
ISBN-10: 187684339X
ISBN-13: 9781876843397
Publisher: Trans Pacific Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d