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The Individual and the Other in Economic Thought (Hardcover)
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The Individual and the Other in Economic Thought (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology
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The Philosophy of Economics primarily considers the economic agent
as a moral subject. Economics, however, has long overlooked the
agent's moral - that is to say, reasonable - dimension, to focus
instead on the strictly rational. This volume seeks to address this
neglected topic through exploring the Individual and the Other. The
economic agent refers to "himself" (herself) in terms of his desire
and passions, yet also refers to others besides himself. For the
rational economic agent, what is the nature of this relationship
with the Other? Should it not be understood as undergoing a
transformation once we come to consider the economic agent as a
reasonable being? Through what process does the Other pass from
being an instrument at the disposal of a rational agent to being an
end in itself for a moral subject? In other words, how does another
become "an Other"? These questions are behind the re-examination of
certain fundamental notions which takes place in this book, an
examination which involves a re-reading of certain great authors.
With contributions from authors around the world, this work is
divided into three main parts. The first deals with individuals
from the history of economic thought such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx
and Hannah Arendt; this is then followed by a thematic section in
which the concepts of recognition and subjectivity are questioned
in a market context. Finally, the third part offers an analysis of
the issue of "the Individual and the Other" in different fields of
the recent economic analysis including game theory, decision theory
or social choice. The Individual and the Other in Economic Thought
aims to help the reader better understand how the relationship
between the Individual and the Other has been conceived,
conceptualized and framed in economic analysis. It will be of great
use to graduate students, scholars and any reader interested in
this crucial issue.
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