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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786451103321

Autore

Scott Sonia Marie <1977-, >

Titolo

Architectures of economic subjectivity : the philosophical foundations of the subject in the history of economic thought / / Sonya Marie Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08567-1

1-283-84438-9

1-136-19968-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Routledge frontiers of political economy ; ; 164

Disciplina

330.1

Soggetti

Economics - Research

Subjectivity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: The philosophical foundations of the subject in the history of economic thought; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Reading economics philosophically, or, the subject of economics; 1 Ricardo's architectonic: Subjectivity and the hierarchy of knowledge; 2 Subjectivity through The Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith's tangential reasoning; 3 The static subjects of general equilibrium theory: Walras and the temporality of 'pure economics; 4 The continuity of uncertain time: Marshall and Keynes as rejoinder to general equilibrium theory

5 The economist as subject: Radical apriorism in the work of Mises and HayekConclusion: Subjects beyond the architectonic; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The history of European economic thought has long been written by those seeking to prove or disprove the truth-value of the theories they describe. This work takes a different approach. It explores the philosophical groundwork of the theoretical structure within which economic subjects are presented. Demonstrating how the subjects of economic texts tend to be defined in and through their relationship to knowledge, this study addresses the epistemological constitution of subjectivity in economic thought.