The Basho of economics : an intercultural analysis of the process of economics / Silja Graupe ; translated and introduced by Roger Gathman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graupe, Silja.

Contributor:

Gathman, Roger.

Series:

Process Thought

Process thought ; v. 15

Process Thought ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International economic relations.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Heusenstamm [Germany] : ontos, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the parlance of modern Japanese philosophy, the term Basho denotes a field of experience underlying all conceptions of reality, while remaining itself conceptually ungraspable. The Basho of Economics, then, refers to the economy's hidden experiential ground, which has never been explicitly scrutinized, as such, by mainstream economics. We uncover this ground by discerning the tacit presuppositions of classical and neo-classical theories from the perspective of modern Japanese philosophy. In particular, we draw attention to the traditional atomist assumptions implicit in their equilibrium-ce

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Foreword / Gathman, Roger

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 Methodological Presuppositions

3 The Implicit Image of the Person in Economics

4 The Implicit World Picture of Economics

5 Conclusion

6 Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-938793-08-2

3-11-032828-3

OCLC:

851972157