Civil happiness : economics and human flourishing in historical perspective / Luigino Bruni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bruni, Luigino, 1966-

Series:

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 81.

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 81

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Economics.

Happiness--Economic aspects.

Happiness.

Well-being.

Well-being (Title).

Economics--History.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 169 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Economists have long laboured under the misapprehension that all humans exist as rational beings that find happiness in maximizing their personal utility. This impressive volume presents an historical review of the evolution of economic thought, from economic philosophy to contemporary mathematical economics and its critique of how the human and social dimensions of economics have been lost in this evolutionary process. This book examines the crucial period in the late eighteenth century when economists such Smith and Genovesi tried to reconcile the classical tradition of Civil humanism emerging commercial society, analyses the impact that the hedonist approach to economics had in removing the ethical conception of happiness as well as focusing on the impact that J.S. Mill, Wicksteed and Pareto had in shifting methodological thinking away from an emphasis on civil happiness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [125]-163) and index.

ISBN:

0415326281

OCLC:

61303471

Publisher Number:

9780415326285