Postmodernism, economics and knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] Stephen Cullenberg, Jack Amariglio and David Ruccio

• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.1
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Philosophy; Postmodernism - Social aspects
• Altri autori: CullenbergStephen AmariglioJack RuccioDavid F
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: POSTMODERNISM, ECONOMICS AND KNOWLEDGE; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part IIntroduction; 1 Introduction; Part IIModernism and postmodernism; 2 Modernism and postmodernism: A dialectical analysis; 3 Late modernism and the loss of character in economics; 4 The genealogy of postmodernism: An economist's guide; 5 Writing in thirds; Part III Reading symbols, changing subjects and discerning bodies in economic discourse; 6 From unity to dispersion: The body in modern economic discourse ; 7 Ideality, symbolicity, and reality in postmodern capitalism8 Chacun son Goux? Or, some skeptical reflections on flat bodies and heavy metal; Part IVGendered subjectivities in neoclassical economics; 9 Women's choices and the ethnocentrism/relativism dilemma; 10 The disavowal of the sexed body in neoclassical economics; 11 Comment on Charusheela and Hewitson; Part VFeminist/postmodern economics; 12 The trouble with women and economics: A postmodern perspective on Charlotte Perkins Gilman; 13 Feminist economics: Objective, activist, and postmodern?; 14 Postmodernism and feminist economics ; 15 No more nice girls? Feminism, economics, and postmodern encountersPart VIPostmodernism, economic rationality and the problem of 'representation'; 16 From myth to metaphor: A semiological analysis of the Cambridge capital controversy; 17 Postmodernity, rationality and justice; 18 A disorderly household - voicing the noise; 19 Postmodern encounters; Part VIIIs there a (postmodern) alternative in economics? From markets to gifts; 20 Decentering the market metaphor in international economics; 21 Refusing the gift; 22 Postmodern gifts ; 23 Gifts and trade: Mirowskian, Gudemanian, and Milbergian themesName index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: This ground-breaking volume brings together the essays of top theorists including Arjo Klamer, Deirdre McCloskey, Julie Nelson, Shaun Hargreaves-Heap and Philip Miroswki on a diverse range of topics.
• Titolo autorizzato: Postmodernism, economics and knowledge
• ISBN: 1-134-83667-8; 0-429-23109-1; 0-585-45923-1; 0-203-41070-X; 1-280-33645-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996217314203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Economics as social theory.