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Since the end of the Cold War, the human face of economics has
gained renewed visibility and generated new conversations among
economists and other social theorists. The monistic, mechanical
"economic systems" that characterized the capitalism vs. socialism
debates of the mid-twentieth century have given way to pluralistic
ecologies of economic provisioning in which complexly constituted
agents cooperate via heterogeneous forms of production and
exchange. Through the lenses of multiple disciplines, this book
examines how this pluralistic turn in economic thinking bears upon
the venerable social-theoretical division of cooperative activity
into separate spheres of impersonal Gesellschaft (commerce) and
ethically thick Gemeinschaft (community). Drawing resources from
diverse disciplinary and philosophical traditions, these essays
offer fresh, critical appraisals of the Gemeinschaft / Gesellschaft
segregation of face-to-face community from impersonal commerce.
Some authors issue urgent calls to transcend this dualism, whilst
others propose to recast it in more nuanced ways or affirm the
importance of treating impersonal and personal cooperation as
ethically, epistemically, and economically separate worlds. Yet
even in their disagreements, our contributors paint the process of
voluntary cooperation - the space commerce and community - with
uncommon color and nuance by traversing the boundaries that once
separated the thin sociality of economics (as science of commerce)
from the thick sociality of sociology and anthropology (as sciences
of community). This book facilitates critical exchange among
economists, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and other
social theorists by exploring the overlapping notions of
cooperation, rationality, identity, reciprocity, trust, and
exchange that emerge from multiple analytic traditions within and
across their respective disciplines.
Since the end of the Cold War, the human face of economics has
gained renewed visibility and generated new conversations among
economists and other social theorists. The monistic, mechanical
"economic systems" that characterized the capitalism vs. socialism
debates of the mid-twentieth century have given way to pluralistic
ecologies of economic provisioning in which complexly constituted
agents cooperate via heterogeneous forms of production and
exchange. Through the lenses of multiple disciplines, this book
examines how this pluralistic turn in economic thinking bears upon
the venerable social-theoretical division of cooperative activity
into separate spheres of impersonal Gesellschaft (commerce) and
ethically thick Gemeinschaft (community). Drawing resources from
diverse disciplinary and philosophical traditions, these essays
offer fresh, critical appraisals of the Gemeinschaft / Gesellschaft
segregation of face-to-face community from impersonal commerce.
Some authors issue urgent calls to transcend this dualism, whilst
others propose to recast it in more nuanced ways or affirm the
importance of treating impersonal and personal cooperation as
ethically, epistemically, and economically separate worlds. Yet
even in their disagreements, our contributors paint the process of
voluntary cooperation - the space commerce and community - with
uncommon color and nuance by traversing the boundaries that once
separated the thin sociality of economics (as science of commerce)
from the thick sociality of sociology and anthropology (as sciences
of community). This book facilitates critical exchange among
economists, philosophers, sociologists, anthropologists, and other
social theorists by exploring the overlapping notions of
cooperation, rationality, identity, reciprocity, trust, and
exchange that emerge from multiple analytic traditions within and
across their respective disciplines.
Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that
individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the
making of history. History written in the classical liberal
tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field
of history was first professionalized in Europe and the Americas.
Professional historical research was then imbued with liberal
values, which included rigorous attention to the sources,
historicist suspicion of an ultimate mover, an honest and
dispassionate rational outlook, and humility towards what could be
known. Above all, liberals wanted to chart the history of liberty,
warn against threats to liberty, and defend it in an evolving
political world. They believed history was real, and that it had
lessons to teach, but that these lessons could not provide
sufficient knowledge to predict the future or reorganize society
around a central plan. This book demonstrates how the classical
liberal tradition in historical writing persists to this day, but
how it is often neglected and due for renewal. The book contrasts
the classical liberal view on history with conservative,
progressive, Marxist, and post-modern views. Each of the eleven
chapters address a different historical topic, from the development
of classical liberalism in nineteenth century America to the the
history of civil liberties and civil rights that stemmed from this
tradition. Authors give particular attention to the importance of
social and economic analysis. Each contributor was chosen as an
expert in their field to provide a historiographical overview of
their subject, and to explain what the classical liberal
contribution to this historiography has been and should be. Authors
then provide guidance towards possible tools of analysis and
related research topics that future historians working in the
classical liberal tradition could take up. The authors wish to call
upon other historians to recognize the important contributions to
historical understanding that have come and can be provided by the
insights of classical liberalism.
Historians working in the classical liberal tradition believe that
individual decision-making and individual rights matter in the
making of history. History written in the classical liberal
tradition emerged largely in the nineteenth century, when the field
of history was first professionalized in Europe and the Americas.
Professional historical research was then imbued with liberal
values, which included rigorous attention to the sources,
historicist suspicion of an ultimate mover, an honest and
dispassionate rational outlook, and humility towards what could be
known. Above all, liberals wanted to chart the history of liberty,
warn against threats to liberty, and defend it in an evolving
political world. They believed history was real, and that it had
lessons to teach, but that these lessons could not provide
sufficient knowledge to predict the future or reorganize society
around a central plan. This book demonstrates how the classical
liberal tradition in historical writing persists to this day, but
how it is often neglected and due for renewal. The book contrasts
the classical liberal view on history with conservative,
progressive, Marxist, and post-modern views. Each of the eleven
chapters address a different historical topic, from the development
of classical liberalism in nineteenth century America to the the
history of civil liberties and civil rights that stemmed from this
tradition. Authors give particular attention to the importance of
social and economic analysis. Each contributor was chosen as an
expert in their field to provide a historiographical overview of
their subject, and to explain what the classical liberal
contribution to this historiography has been and should be. Authors
then provide guidance towards possible tools of analysis and
related research topics that future historians working in the
classical liberal tradition could take up. The authors wish to call
upon other historians to recognize the important contributions to
historical understanding that have come and can be provided by the
insights of classical liberalism.
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