History of Economic Rationalities

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History of Economic Rationalities

Economic Reasoning as Knowledge and Practice Authority

Economic theory and philosophy Economic history Ethics and moral philosophy Social and political philosophy

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Collection: Ethical Economy

Language: English

Published by: Springer

Published on: 21st March 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 421 Kb

ISBN: 9783319528151


Book Overview

This book concentrates upon how economic rationalities have been embedded into particular historical practices, cultures, and moral systems. Through multiple case-studies, situated in different historical contexts of the modern West, the book shows that the development of economic rationalities takes place in the meeting with other regimes of thought, values, and moral discourses.

Insights and Topics

The book offers new and refreshing insights, ranging from the development of early economic thinking to economic aspects and concepts in the works of classical thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Karl Marx, to the role of economic reasoning in contemporary policies of art and health care.

Purpose and Reflection

With economic rationalities as the read thread, the reader is offered a unique chance of historical self-awareness and recollection of how economic rationality became the powerful ideological and moral force that it is today.

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