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The intellectual foundations of Alfred Marshall's economic science : a rounded globe of knowledge / Simon J. Cook.
Lippincott Library HB103.M3 C6 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Simon J.
- Series:
- Historical perspectives on modern economics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marshall, Alfred, 1842-1924.
- Marshall, Alfred.
- Economics--Great Britain--History.
- Economics.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 331 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Contexts of Marshall's Intellectual Apprenticeship
- 1 Continuity and Consensus: The State of Long-Term Memories 17
- Introduction 17
- Mid-Victorian Images Of Adam Smith 19
- An Academic Liberal History 30
- The Principle of Authority in Matters of Opinion 36
- Conclusion: Situating Marshall 44
- 2 A Liberal Education 49
- Introduction 49
- Adam Smith on the Institutions of Education 50
- From the Scottish Enlightenment to Victorian England 55
- William Whewell 58
- John Stuart Mill 62
- Henry Fawcett 69
- The Young Alfred Marshall 74
- Part II Dualist Moral Science: 1867-1871
- 3 Mental Crisis 87
- A "Crisis in His Mental Development" 87
- Liberal Anglicanism: Resources, Opponents, Allies 95
- Alfred Marshall's Earliest Philosophical Writings 108
- 4 The Way of All Flesh 120
- Introduction 120
- Note on the Proceedings 122
- Mechanical Cerebellum 133
- Mechanical Cerebrum 136
- A Liberal Education 141
- Moral Character 146
- 5 Political Economy 150
- Introduction 150
- John Stuart Mill's Principles of Political Economy 151
- The Wages Question 156
- Advanced Political Economy 159
- The Essay "On Value" 176
- The Essay "On Wages" 181
- Part III Neo-Hegelian Political Economy: 1872-1873
- 6 A Philosophy of History 189
- Scientific Naturalism 189
- Reading Spencer 192
- From Natural to Moral History 199
- Hegel and Maine 206
- The History of Civilization 210
- Theological Resolution 215
- Economic Foundations 219
- 7 Missing Links: The Education of the Working Classes 227
- Introduction 227
- The "Central Doctrine" of Value 229
- The Education of the Working Classes 235
- Futures of the Working Classes 245
- Marshall's Early Reformation of Political Economy 258
- Epilogue: "A Rounded Globe of Knowledge"
- 8 Social Philosophy and Economic Science 265
- Introduction 265
- Histories of the Present and the Future 266
- The Genesis of Organization 272
- The Limits of Economic Science 279
- Economic Science and Social Philosophy 286
- Conclusion 290.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521760089
- 0521760089
- OCLC:
- 310096823
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