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The Economy of Recognition
Carlos Hoevel
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Description for The Economy of Recognition
Hardcover. Bringing an alternative philosophical foundation to the study of economics, this book explores the views of Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855), whose interpretation of economic action was fundamentally at odds with today's prevailing, all-conquering utilitarianism. Series: Ethical Economy. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 548.
Introducing an alternative philosophical foundation to the study of economics, this book explains and adopts the perspective of the Italian philosopher Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855), whose interpretation of economic action was fundamentally at odds with the prevailing and all-conquering utilitarianism of modernity. Rosmini, one of the most important Italian and Catholic philosophers of the modern age, eschewed the traditional concepts of subjectivism and individualism at the core of the utilitarian thesis, prefiguring today’s critique of ‘autistic economics’ with his assertion that micro-economic formulae consecrating the ‘maximization of utility’ derive not from scientific principles or even hypotheses, but from uncritically adopted philosophical ... Read more
Introducing an alternative philosophical foundation to the study of economics, this book explains and adopts the perspective of the Italian philosopher Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855), whose interpretation of economic action was fundamentally at odds with the prevailing and all-conquering utilitarianism of modernity. Rosmini, one of the most important Italian and Catholic philosophers of the modern age, eschewed the traditional concepts of subjectivism and individualism at the core of the utilitarian thesis, prefiguring today’s critique of ‘autistic economics’ with his assertion that micro-economic formulae consecrating the ‘maximization of utility’ derive not from scientific principles or even hypotheses, but from uncritically adopted philosophical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Series
Ethical Economy
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400760578
SKU
V9789400760578
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Reviews for The Economy of Recognition
“Hoevel is a serious scholar and immersed himself deeply in his subject matter. He masters Rosmini’s writings, and presents them with affection and respect. His book will certainly become a point of reference in the secondary literature on Rosmini, and rightly so.” (Alberto Mingardi, Journal of Markets & Morality, Vol. 18 (1), 2015) “The analysis of Hoevel is … ... Read more