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This original book brings together some of the world's leading
critics of economics orthodoxy to debate Lawson's contribution to
the economics literature. The debate centres on ontology, which
means enquiry into the nature of what exists, and in this
collection scholars such as Bruce Caldwell, John Davis and Geoffrey
Hodgson present their thoughtful criticisms of Lawson's work while
Lawson himself presents his reactions. Of course many social
scientists disagree with him, but Lawson's arguments are so
powerful that few economists now feel that his case can be ignored.
Bringing Lawson head-to-head with eleven of his most capable
critics, this is a book of intellectual drama. More than that, it
is a collection of fine minds interacting with each other and being
changed by the process. This book is particularly useful for
students and researchers concerned primarily with methodology and
future development of economics. It is also relevant to the
concerns of philosophers of science and to all social scientists
interested in methodological issues.
Tony Lawson has become a major figure of intellectual
controversy on the back of juxtaposing two relatively simple and
seemingly innocuous ideas. He has argued firstly that success in
science depends on finding and using methods, including modes of
reasoning, appropriate to the nature of the phenomena being
studied, and also that there are important differences between the
nature of the objects of study of natural sciences and those of
social science. This original book brings together some of the
world's leading critics of economics orthodoxy to debate Lawson's
contribution to the economics literature. The debate centres on
ontology, which means enquiry into the nature of what exists, and
in this collection scholars such as Bruce Caldwell, John B. Davis
and Geoffrey M. Hodgson present their thoughtful criticisms of
Lawson's work. Lawson himself presents his reactions to these
criticisms, with full chapter replies to each of the scholars
included.
This book is particularly useful for students and researchers
concerned primarily with methodology and future development of
economics. It is also relevant to the concerns of philosophers of
science and to all social scientists interested in methodological
issues.
Economics can be pretty boring. Drier than Death Valley, the discipline is obsessed with mathematics and compounds this by arrogantly assuming its techniques can be brought to bear on the other social sciences. It wasn't going to be long, therefore, before students started complaining. The vast majority have voted with their feet and signed up for business and management degrees, but in the past two years there has grown an important new movement that has decided to tackle those who think they run economics head-on. This is the Post-autistic Economics Network. The PAE Network started in France and has spread first to Cambridge and then other parts of the world. The name derives from the fact that mainstream economics has been accused of institutional autism, ie. qualitative impairment of social interaction, failure to develop peer relationships and lack of emotional and social reciprocity. In short, economics has lost touch with reality and has become way too abstract. This book charts the impact the PAE Network has had so far and constitutes a manifesto for a different kind of economics - it features key contributions from all the major voices in heterodox economics including Tony Lawson, Deirdre McCloskey, Geoff Hodgson, Sheila Dow and Warren Samuels.
Economics can be pretty boring. Drier than Death Valley, the discipline is obsessed with mathematics and compounds this by arrogantly assuming its techniques can be brought to bear on the other social sciences. It wasn't going to be long, therefore, before students started complaining. The vast majority have voted with their feet and signed up for business and management degrees, but in the past two years there has grown an important new movement that has decided to tackle those who think they run economics head-on. This is the Post-autistic Economics Network. The PAE Network started in France and has spread first to Cambridge and then other parts of the world. The name derives from the fact that mainstream economics has been accused of institutional autism, ie. qualitative impairment of social interaction, failure to develop peer relationships and lack of emotional and social reciprocity. In short, economics has lost touch with reality and has become way too abstract. This book charts the impact the PAE Network has had so far and constitutes a manifesto for a different kind of economics - it features key contributions from all the major voices in heterodox economics including Tony Lawson, Deirdre McCloskey, Geoff Hodgson, Sheila Dow and Warren Samuels.
Traditional economics treats the defining subjective properties of economic agents (tastes, preferences, demands, goals and perceptions) as if they are determined independently of individual and collective relations with other agents. This collection of essays reflects the increasingly common view that economics cannot continue to disregard all economic phenomena inconsistent with this conception. The volume is especially concerned with the idea of intersubjective influences on market outcomes. A team of expert international contributors have been brought together to address the question of intersubjectivity from a variety of perspectives. Using methods of description and analysis they explore the structures and effects of concrete interdependencies between individual subjectivities engaged in economic activity, and develop conceptual and analytical tools for this task. Many of the essays are interdisciplinary in scope and in addition to economics the book should provide valuable lessons in psychology, sociology, social theory, philosophy, political science and history.
Series Information: Economics as Social Theory
From the 1960s onward, neoclassical economists have increasingly managed to block the employment of non-neoclassical economists, narrow the economics curriculum offered by universities to students, and made their theory increasingly irrelevant to understanding economic reality. Now, they are even banishing economic history and the history of economic thought from the curriculum. Why has this tragedy happened? At this time of accelerating momentum for radical change in the study of economics, "A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics" comprehensively examines the shortcomings of neoclassical economics and considers a number of alternative formulations. In it, a distinguished list of non-neoclassical economists provide an examination of some of the many worldly and logical gaps in neoclassical economics, its hidden ideological agendas, disregard for the environment, habitual misuse of mathematics and statistics, inability to address the major issues of economic globalizataion, its ethical cynicism concerning poverty, racism and sexism, and its misrepresentation of economic history. In clear and engaging prose, "A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics" shows how interesting, relevant and exciting economics can be when it is pursued, not as the defense of an antiquated and close-minded system of belief, but as a no-holds barred inquiry looking for real-world truths. This book is a must-read for all economists and their graduate students, as well as for the general reader.
An historical review of the way in which some countries have become
economic successes, leaving others in their way. The featured
articles have been selected for their importance to the reform
movement and for their accessibility to the general reader.
The articles in this book have been selected for their importance
to the reform movement and for their accessibility to the general
reader. Intelligibility is one the movement's two keystones. Real
economic problems concern real people, so their analysis must be
made intelligible to an educated general public if real democracy
is to function. The second keystone of the post-autistic movement
is pluralism. All analysis proceeds on the basis of concepts that
admit only a partial view of the economy, thereby predetermining
the set of possible conclusions. This requires economists to begin
to develop an ethos of honesty regarding the limitations of their
chosen approaches.
This is an intriguing and highly readable new book examining the
fascinating personal and intellectual relationship between
Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone
de Beauvoir were two of the most brilliant, influential, and
scandalous intellectuals of the 20th century. They are remembered
as much for the lives they led as for their influence on the way we
think. Their committed but notoriously open union created huge
controversy in their lifetime. And even before their deaths they
had become one of history's legendary couples, renowned for the
passion, daring, humour and intellectual intensity of their
relationship.This fascinating book presents a biography of Sartre
and de Beauvoir's relationship and offers some highly original
theories relating to the extent of de Beauvoir's contribution to
their shared ideas. Edward and Kate Fullbrook contend that it was
de Beauvoir's demand for sexual freedom that dictated the open
terms of their relationship and that it was in fact de Beauvoir who
was the more powerful thinker of the two. Through a thorough
examination of Sartre and de Beauvoir's major works, the authors
present a compelling story of their romantic and intellectual
relationships.
Gender scholarship during the last four decades has shown that the
exclusion of women's voices and perspectives has diminished
academic disciplines in important ways. Traditional scholarship in
philosophy is no different. The 'recovery project' in philosophy is
engaged in re-discovering the names, lives, texts, and perspectives
of women philosophers from the 6th Century BCE to the present.
Karen Warren brings together 16 colleagues for a unique,
groundbreaking study of Western philosophy which combines pairs of
leading men and women philosophers over the past 2600 years,
acknowledging and evaluating their contributions to foundational
themes in philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, and
ethics. Introductory essays, primary source readings, and
commentaries comprise each chapter to offer a rich and accessible
introduction to and evaluation of these vital philosophical
contributions. A helpful appendix canvasses an extraordinary number
of women philosophers for further discovery and study.
Gender scholarship during the last four decades has shown that the
exclusion of women's voices and perspectives has diminished
academic disciplines in important ways. Traditional scholarship in
philosophy is no different. The 'recovery project' in philosophy is
engaged in re-discovering the names, lives, texts, and perspectives
of women philosophers from the 6th Century BCE to the present.
Karen Warren brings together 16 colleagues for a unique,
groundbreaking study of Western philosophy which combines pairs of
leading men and women philosophers over the past 2600 years,
acknowledging and evaluating their contributions to foundational
themes in philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, and
ethics. Introductory essays, primary source readings, and
commentaries comprise each chapter to offer a rich and accessible
introduction to and evaluation of these vital philosophical
contributions. A helpful appendix canvasses an extraordinary number
of women philosophers for further discovery and study.
Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir were two of the most
brilliant, influential, and scandalous intellectuals of the 20th
century. They are remembered as much for the lives they led as for
their influence on the way we think. Their committed but
notoriously open union created huge controversy in their lifetime.
And even before their deaths they had become one of history's
legendary couples, renowned for the passion, daring, humour and
intellectual intensity of their relationship.This fascinating book
presents a biography of Sartre and de Beauvoir's relationship and
offers some highly original theories relating to the extent of de
Beauvoir's contribution to their shared ideas. Edward and Kate
Fullbrook contend that it was de Beauvoir's demand for sexual
freedom that dictated the open terms of their relationship and that
it was in fact de Beauvoir who was the more powerful thinker of the
two. Through a thorough examination of Sartre and de Beauvoir's
major works, the authors present a compelling story of their
romantic and intellectual relationships.
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