LEADER 03192nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910454805303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84964-534-5 010 $a0-585-42562-0 035 $a(CKB)111056486517336 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000143057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11142278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000143057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10109632 035 $a(PQKB)10470350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386356 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386356 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479893 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL987582 035 $a(OCoLC)923332540 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486517336 100 $a19981112d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEcon-art$b[electronic resource] $edivorcing art from science in modern economics /$fRick Szostak 210 $aLondon ;$aSterling, Va. $cPluto Press$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-1442-2 311 $a0-7453-1447-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-248) and index. 330 $b'While identifying two types of activity, namely econ-art and econ-science, he demonstrates why economists should acknowledge their artistic impulses and develop a more scientific conduct.' ARTbibliographies ModernHistorians of economic thought have long recognised the possibility that cultural influences might be important, but have never analysed them in any detail. In the first study of economics from the perspective of art history, Rick Szostak shows how the cultural influences identified by art historians have affected economic theory. He also reveals that not only has economic theory been informed by aesthetic considerations, but the very methods employed by economists are shown to serve primarily artistic goals. Professor Szostak assesses the extent of these cultural and aesthetic effects through a wide-ranging study of the development of surrealism, cubism and abstract art, juxtaposed with examples drawn from virtually every field of economics. Two types of endeavour are identified, Econ-Art and Econ-Science. Szostak argues that the pursuit of econ-science would be much aided if economists first recognised their artistic impulses, and then developed more scientific standards of conduct. As the first economist to thoroughly address the question of whether Economics is Art, Professor Szostak raises some important philosophical issues with this volume. The result is a controversial and scholarly, yet accessible, examination of the influence of both culture and aesthetic considerations on economics. 606 $aEconomics$xPhilosophy 606 $aEconomics$xMethodology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEconomics$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aEconomics$xMethodology. 676 $a330/.01 700 $aSzostak$b Rick$f1959-$0914218 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454805303321 996 $aEcon-art$92098420 997 $aUNINA