{"product_id":"scams-and-sweeteners-masahiro-ogino-9781876843397","title":"Scams and Sweeteners: A Sociology of Fraud","description":"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Masahiro Ogino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 187684339X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781876843397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trans Pacific Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Masahiro Ogino","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965863444735,"sku":"9781876843397","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f3340ca-e8b3-40bc-a5b1-1b0858d341c7.jpg?v=1767285363","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scams-and-sweeteners-masahiro-ogino-9781876843397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}