Philipp Neeb
Die Rationalisierung der Wünsche
Zu einer Wissenssoziologie schriftlicher Finanzberatung
[The Rationalization of Desires. Towards a Sociology of Knowledge of Written Financial Advice.]
2026. 309 pages. forthcoming in
May 2026
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Diagnoses of a widespread »irrationality« of private households in financial matters belong to the standard repertoire of financial self-help literature. Philipp Neeb traces the historical emergence of expectations of rationality within this genre and, from a sociological perspective, exposes their latencies and consequential problems.