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Once again, unfettered capitalism has failed. Promises for global
prosperity and peace have given way to a world of deep recession,
social upheaval and political instability. Once again, mainstream
economics has proved its inadequacy. Despite its technical rigour
and mathematical virtuosity, it failed dramatically to respond to
the current crisis. Why is this so? Mainstream economics turns a
blind eye to society. By assumption, it maims its analyses by
wiping away what makes us what we are. There is pressing need for a
critical discussion and new ideas. We therefore turn to the
insightful and stimulating work of Pierre Bourdieu. Arguably one of
the major sociologists ever, he was also a major 'economist'. Yet
his works on the economy have received only scant attention,
especially from economists, be they 'mainstream' or 'heterodox'.
Bourdieu helps to take a broader view and enrich our scientific
imagination. By including dimensions of power, intuitive behaviour
and social structures within the scope of his analysis, he provides
for an alternative foundation of economics, based on an integrated,
interdisciplinary theory. For the first time, this volume fills
this gap in economics by featuring state-of-the-art research and
experts from different social science disciplines. This book
constitutes a first step, and hopes to become a milestone. The book
offers an innovative outlook and a unique source for social
scientists of all fields, particularly economists and sociologists,
who wish to engage in the study of Bourdieu and his economics with
a view to developing a more pertinent theory. It will also
constitute a useful reference for university students and
administrators who would like to explore the economy from a
Bourdieusian perspective.
First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Once again, unfettered capitalism has failed. Promises for global
prosperity and peace have given way to a world of deep recession,
social upheaval and political instability. Once again, mainstream
economics has proved its inadequacy. Despite its technical rigour
and mathematical virtuosity, it failed dramatically to respond to
the current crisis. Why is this so? Mainstream economics turns a
blind eye to society. By assumption, it maims its analyses by
wiping away what makes us what we are. There is pressing need for a
critical discussion and new ideas. We therefore turn to the
insightful and stimulating work of Pierre Bourdieu. Arguably one of
the major sociologists ever, he was also a major 'economist'. Yet
his works on the economy have received only scant attention,
especially from economists, be they 'mainstream' or 'heterodox'.
Bourdieu helps to take a broader view and enrich our scientific
imagination. By including dimensions of power, intuitive behaviour
and social structures within the scope of his analysis, he provides
for an alternative foundation of economics, based on an integrated,
interdisciplinary theory. For the first time, this volume fills
this gap in economics by featuring state-of-the-art research and
experts from different social science disciplines. This book
constitutes a first step, and hopes to become a milestone. The book
offers an innovative outlook and a unique source for social
scientists of all fields, particularly economists and sociologists,
who wish to engage in the study of Bourdieu and his economics with
a view to developing a more pertinent theory. It will also
constitute a useful reference for university students and
administrators who would like to explore the economy from a
Bourdieusian perspective.
This volume contains 375 letters by John Stuart Mill, further to
the publication of "Earlier Letters" in 1962 and "Later Letters" in
1972. Although it covers a vast range of topics, the collection
focuses on three groups: a series of letters to Henry Cole, dealing
amongst other things with the disposition of the "London and
Westminster Review"; the full versions of letters to Theodor
Gomperz, Mill's leading German disciple and translator, which had
been thought destroyed; and recently-found internal correspondence
in the Examiners office of the East India Company, which sheds new
light on Mill's career. The editors' introduction places the
letters in context, gives detail about the three special groups,
and outlines the history of the collection. The letters are
presented in full scholarly form, with notes giving information
about the texts and their provenance, and also historical and
biographical information.
These papers on key issues in intellectual history derive from
those delivered at a conference held at the University of Toronto
in May 1973 to honour the bicentenary of James Mill's birth and the
centenary of John Stuart Mill's death. Nine authorities -- J.H.
Burns, Karl W. Britton, J.B. Schneewind, George J. Stigler, Samuel
Hollander, L.S. Feuer, Joseph Hamburger, Edward Alexander, and John
M. Robson -- were invited to discuss what they took to be
significant aspects of the thought of the two Mills. While history,
philosophy, economics, social science, and the history of thought
were the focal points for the conference, the contributors were
free to choose their own topics and approaches. One of the most
striking aspects of Mill scholarship that emerges in this volume is
the applicability of their ideas to modern problems. These papers
are not final assessments; they are individual and independent
contributions to Mill studies that clearly show the vitality of
both Mill's thought and the certainty that it will continue to
influence and change the ways in which we think about the human
condition.
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