Humanism challenges materialism in economics and economic history / Roderick Floud, Santhi Hejeebu, David Mitch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Floud, Roderick, Editor.

Hejeebu, Santhi, Editor.

Mitch, David, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McCloskey, Deirdre N.

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Economic history--Philosophy.

Economic history.

Humanism.

Values.

Social values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Most of the existing research on economic history relies either solely or ultimately on calculations of material interest to explain the major events of the modern world. However, care must be taken not to rely too heavily on materialism, with its associated confidence in perfectly rational actors that simply do not exist. What is needed for a more cogent understanding of the long history of capitalist growth is a more realistic, human-centered approach that can take account of the role of nonmaterial values and beliefs, an approach convincingly articulated by Deirdre McCloskey in her landmark trilogy of books on the moral and ethical basis of modern economic life. With Humanism Challenges Materialism in Economics and Economic History, Roderick Floud, Santhi Hejeebu, and David Mitch have brought together a distinguished group of scholars in economics, economic history, political science, philosophy, gender studies, and communications who synthesize and build on McCloskey's work. The essays in this volume illustrate the ways in which the humanistic approach to economics that McCloskey pioneered can open up new vistas for the study of economic history and cultivate rich synergies with a wide range of disciplines. The contributors show how values and beliefs become embedded in the language of economics and shape economic outcomes. Chapters on methodology are accompanied by case studies discussing particular episodes in economic history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Philanthropic Endeavors, Saving Behavior, and Bourgeois Virtues

2. Queering McCloskey's Feminism in Location and History

3. The Spread of Pro- and Anticapitalist Beliefs

4. Following in the Path of Deirdre McCloskey: The Lutheran Ethic and the Nordic Spirit of Social Democracy

5. Economics with Varying Values: McCloskey's Humanism and Fundamental Insights

6. Liberal Advocacy and Neoliberal Rule: On McCloskey's Ambivalence

7. Economics as the Conversation about the Conversation of the Market

8. Rhetoric and Public Policy: Pathos, Ideology, and the Specter of Health Care

9. Humanism, Materialism, and Epistemology: Rhetoric of Economics as Styles in Action

10. McCloskey at Chicago

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780226429618

022642961X

OCLC:

967323560