Postmodernism, economics and knowledge / [edited by] Stephen Cullenberg, Jack Amariglio and David Ruccio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cullenberg, Stephen.

Amariglio, Jack.

Ruccio, David F.

Series:

Economics as social theory.

Economics as social theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics.

Postmodernism--Social aspects.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (513 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ground-breaking volume brings together the essays of top theorists including Arjo Klamer, Deirdre McCloskey, Julie Nelson, Shaun Hargreaves-Heap and Philip Miroswki on a diverse range of topics.

Contents:

POSTMODERNISM, ECONOMICS AND KNOWLEDGE; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Part IIntroduction; 1 Introduction; Part IIModernism and postmodernism; 2 Modernism and postmodernism: A dialectical analysis; 3 Late modernism and the loss of character in economics; 4 The genealogy of postmodernism: An economist's guide; 5 Writing in thirds; Part III Reading symbols, changing subjects and discerning bodies in economic discourse; 6 From unity to dispersion: The body in modern economic discourse

7 Ideality, symbolicity, and reality in postmodern capitalism8 Chacun son Goux? Or, some skeptical reflections on flat bodies and heavy metal; Part IVGendered subjectivities in neoclassical economics; 9 Women's choices and the ethnocentrism/relativism dilemma; 10 The disavowal of the sexed body in neoclassical economics; 11 Comment on Charusheela and Hewitson; Part VFeminist/postmodern economics; 12 The trouble with women and economics: A postmodern perspective on Charlotte Perkins Gilman; 13 Feminist economics: Objective, activist, and postmodern?; 14 Postmodernism and feminist economics

15 No more nice girls? Feminism, economics, and postmodern encountersPart VIPostmodernism, economic rationality and the problem of 'representation'; 16 From myth to metaphor: A semiological analysis of the Cambridge capital controversy; 17 Postmodernity, rationality and justice; 18 A disorderly household - voicing the noise; 19 Postmodern encounters; Part VIIIs there a (postmodern) alternative in economics? From markets to gifts; 20 Decentering the market metaphor in international economics; 21 Refusing the gift; 22 Postmodern gifts

23 Gifts and trade: Mirowskian, Gudemanian, and Milbergian themesName index; Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-83667-8

0-429-23109-1

0-585-45923-1

0-203-41070-X

1-280-33645-5

9780429231094

OCLC:

264518909