History of Economic Rationalities : Economic Reasoning as Knowledge and Practice Authority

History of Economic Rationalities : Economic Reasoning as Knowledge and Practice Authority /

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 take...

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Other Authors: Bek-Thomsen, Jakob (Editor), Christiansen, Christian (Editor), Jacobsen, Stefan Gaarsmand (Editor), Thorup, Mikkel (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:Ethical Economy, Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosophy ; 54.
Subjects:
Economic history.
Ethics.
Philosophy and social sciences.
Philosophy.
History of Economic Thought/Methodology.
Philosophy of the Social Sciences.
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Table of Contents:
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Introduction; Jakob Bek-Thomsen, Christian O. Christiansen, Stefan G. Jacobsen, Mikkel Thorup
  • 2. From ”Permutation of Commodities” to the Praise of ”Doux Commerce.” Changes in Economic Rationality in Early Modern Times; Catherine Secretan
  • 3. “The Nutrition of a Commonwealth:” On Hobbes’s Economic Thought; Laurens van Apeldoorn
  • 4. Circulation of Blood and Money in Leviathan – Hobbes on the Economy of the Body; Christoffer Basse Eriksen
  • 5. Profits and Morals in Leon Battista Alberti’s I libri della famiglia; Jakob Bek-Thomsen
  • 6. The Meanings of Work in John Locke; Campbell Jones
  • 7. Financial Reasoning in The Midst of Revolution and Wars: Merchants and Bankers Between Paris, London, and Amsterdam, 1789-1810; Niccolò Valmori
  • 8. Prose Genre and the Emergence of Modern Economic Reasoning in Eighteenth-Century Britain; Jill Marie Bradbury
  • 9. Political Economy and its Public Contenders 1820-1850; Stefan Gaardsmand Jacobsen, Thomas Palmelund Johansen
  • 10. The Promissory Self – Credit and Debt Rationalities in the Work and Life of Karl Marx; Mikkel Thorup
  • 11. Democratic Governance: A Genealogy; Mark Bevir
  • 12. The Economic De-Legitimization and Legitimization of Arts Policies 1970-1985; Erwin Dekker
  • 13. From “Health for All” to “Health as Investment:” The Role of Economic Rationalities in the Transition from International to Global Health 1978 – 2013; Katherine E. Kenny
  • 14. The Economic Rationality of ”Doing Good To Do Well” and Three Critiques, 1990 to The Present; Christian Olaf Christiansen.

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