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Author Hodgson, Geoffrey Martin, 1946-

Title How economics forgot history : the problem of historical specificity in social science / Geoffrey M. Hodgson
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 422 pages) : illustrations
Series Economics as social theory
Economics as social theory.
Contents pt. I. Introduction. 1. The limitations of general theory. 2. The problem of historical specificity -- pt. II. The nineteenth century: the German historical school and its impact. 3. Karl Marx and the specificity of the capitalist system. 4. The older historical school in Germany. 5. The historical school in the British Isles. 6. The methodological failure of the older historical school. 7. Out of Austria: Carl Menger and the Methodenstreit. 8. Alfred Marshall and the British Methodendiskurs. 9. The responses of the younger historical school in Germany -- pt. III. The twentieth century: from American institutionalism to the end of history. 10. Thorstein Veblen and the foundations of Institutionalism. 11. Early American institutionalism and the problem of historical specificity. 12. The theoretical manifesto of John Commons. 13. Talcott Parsons and the ascent of ahistorical sociology. 14. Death and counter-revolution at the London School of Economics. 15. John Maynard Keynes and his declaration of a General Theory. 16. The triumph of barren universality. 17. Institution blindness and the end of history -- pt. IV. The millennium: the second coming of history? 18. Are there universals in social and economic theory? 19. Property, culture, habits and institutions. 20. Exchange and production: property and firms. 21. A note on social formations and levels of abstraction. 22. An evolutionary perspective on the historical problem. 23. Invention is helpless without tradition
Summary In arguably his most important book to date, Hodgson calls into question the tendency of economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all theories and dealing in universal truths. He argues that you need different theories to analyze different economic phenomena and systems and that historical context must be taken into account. Hodgson argues that the German Historical School was key in laying the foundations for the work of the pioneer institutional economists, who themselves are gaining currency today; and that the growing interest in this school
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-402) and index
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Subject Historical school of economics.
Social sciences -- Study and teaching.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Theory.
Sciences sociales.
Analyse historique.
Doctrines économiques.
Historical school of economics
Social sciences -- Study and teaching
Historische Schule Wirtschaftstheorie
Institutionalismus
Historische School (economie)
Sociale wetenschappen.
Économie politique -- Histoire.
École historique (économie politique)
Sciences sociales -- Étude et enseignement.
Théorie économique.
Histoire.
Historicisme.
Science économique.
Sciences sociales.
Form Electronic book
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