Political Economy, Linguistics and Culture (eBook)

Crossing Bridges

Jürgen Backhaus (Herausgeber)

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2007
251 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-73372-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Social sciences and economics have undergone enormous progress. While certain topics have been fully researched, others have remained largely under-researched or ignored. It is this discrepancy which prompted the research paradigm of 'Crossing Bridges'. For this volume, ten authors have joined forces to address the problem of under-researched topics, focusing in particular on gaps in interdisciplinary research between economics and other social sciences.

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During the late 19th and throughout the 20th century, social sciences in general and economics in particular have undergone enormous progress. This has led to something of an embarrassment of riches. While certain topics have been fully researched to the point where the marginal benefit from further research is approaching zero, others have remained largely under-researched or were being ignored altogether.It is this discrepancy which prompted the research paradigm of Crossing Bridges . For this volume, ten authors have joined forces to address the problem of under-researched topics, focussing in particular on gaps in interdisciplinary research between economics and other social sciences such as linguistics, art and cultural history. Making use of interdisciplinary methods and approaches, the book makes a case for stronger bonds between the different fields of social science.

Inhalt

Contents 6
List of Contributors 8
Introduction 9
NOTES 11
PART I 12
1. A Language Bridge between Peoples and Disciplines 13
1. INTRODUCTION 13
2. INTERLINGUA 15
3. ALTERNATIVES AND OBJECTIONS 16
4. NETWORK EFFECTS AND WHY THEY ARE NOT DECISIVE 17
5. CONCLUSION 18
REFERENCES 19
APPENDIX 19
THE INTERNATIONAL VOCABULARY IN EASTERN EUROPE 20
THE INTERNATIONAL VOCABULARY IN ENGLISH 21
2. The Theory and Measurement of Influence in the History of Economic Thought 24
1. INTRODUCTION 25
2. HOW INFLUENCE IS DEFINED IN SOME OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES 25
3. WHAT IS A THEORY OF INFLUENCE IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT? 27
4. INFLUENCE ON WHAT AND BY WHAT MEANS? 31
5. TRACING INFLUENCE 35
6. MEASURING INFLUENCE 38
7. OTHER CONSIDERATIONS 44
8. ROBUST MEASURES OF INFLUENCE ARE SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT 46
9. CONCLUSIONS: THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT IS GETTING CLOSER TO A THEORY OF INFLUENCE, BUT IS NOT QUITE THERE YET 47
NOTES 48
REFERENCES 49
3. Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde and Its Socioeconomic Implications 53
1. INTRODUCTION 54
2. INTERPRETATION 56
3. CONCLUSION 58
REFERENCES 59
FURTHER REFERENCES 59
PART II 61
4. Introduction to Blum’s Essays 62
5. Contrasting Historical-Logical Narrative Conventions in Germany and Austria and Their Influence upon Inquiry and Explanation in the Arts and the Sciences: An Example from the Economic Inquiries of Gustav Schmoller, Max Weber, Carl Menger, and Ludwig von Mises 66
1. INTRODUCTION 67
2. HISTORICAL-LOGICAL NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS THAT DIFFERENTIATE HOW THE GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN- GERMAN ARTS AND SCIENCES CONCEIVE EVENTS IN TIME 71
3. THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA OVER THE CENTURIES, AND THE NORMS OF “ RIGHT ORDER” THAT CORRESPOND WITH THAT HISTORY 74
4. THE PERSISTING CHARACTERISTICS OF GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN NARRATIVES IN THE ARTS AND THE SCIENCES FROM THE ENLIGHTENMENT TO THE PRESENT 79
5. CONTINGENT POLITICAL-SOCIAL REASONS THAT GAVE RISE TO THE GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN NATIONAL NARRATIVE MODEL 84
6. NATIONAL HISTORICAL NARRATIVE CONVENTIONS IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMICS OF GUSTAV SCHMOLLER, MAX WEBER, CARL MENGER, AND LUDWIG VON MISES 89
7. CAN THE NATIONAL HISTORICAL NARRATIVE BE CHANGED? 100
NOTES 101
REFERENCES 104
6. The European Metahistorical Narrative and Its Changing “ Metaparadigms” in the Modern Age ( Part I) 107
1. INTRODUCTION 107
2. PHENOMENOLOGICAL HISTORY: REVEALING THE FOUNDATIONS FOR HISTORICAL TIME IN HUMAN JUDGMENT 121
3. THE CATEGORICAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT UNDERLIE THE FOUR- PHASED CYCLE OF CULTURAL SYSTEMATIZATION SPANNING THE WESTERN NATIONS ( EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA) 129
4. THE THREE METAPARADIGMS OF THE MODERN AGE: THE 1640S TO THE 1740S, THE 1750S TO THE 1860S, AND THE LATE 1860S TO THE 1970S 132
5. GERMAN HISTORICAL THOUGHT DURING THE FOUR PHASES OF THE METAPARADIGM OF THE 1750S THROUGH THE LATE 1860S 140
6. CONCLUSION: THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEXT METAPARADIGM, THE LATE 1860S UNTIL THE 1880S 159
NOTES 161
7. The European Metahistorical Narrative and its Changing “ Metaparadigms” in the Modern Age ( Part II): Western Painting 1815– 1914 169
1. THE VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CULTURAL LOGIC OF THE FOUR PHASES OF A METAPARADIGM 175
2. THE METAPARADIGM BEGUN IN THE LATE 1750s COMPLETES ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE FOURTH PHASE OF TYPIFYING INTERDEPENDENCE– FRENCH PAINTING 1815 THROUGH THE LATE 1860s 184
NOTES 213
PART III 217
8. Toll Bridge over Troubled Waters: New Deal Agriculture Programs in the South 218
1. A NEW DEAL FOR AGRICULTURE 220
2. PRIOR EMPIRICAL LITERATURE 226
3. THE NEW DEAL’S AGRICULTURAL PORK BARREL 228
4. CONCLUDING REMARKS 233
NOTES 235
REFERENCES 236
9. Environmental Protection Agency Enforcement Patterns: A Case of Political Pork Barrel? 238
1. INTRODUCTION 239
2. PUBLIC CHOICE THEORY 239
3. MODEL AND RESULTS 240
4. CONCLUSION 243
NOTES 243
REFERENCES 243
10. Nation of Origin Bias and the Enforcement of Immigration Laws by the Immigration and Naturalization Service 245
1. INTRODUCTION 246
2. THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE 247
3. MODEL AND RESULTS 250
4. CONCLUSION 253
NOTES 253
REFERENCES 253
FURTHER REFERENCES 254

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.12.2007
• Reihe/Serie: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences
• Reihe/Serie: The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences
• Zusatzinfo: XI, 251 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: ART • Cultural History • Economic Thought • History of Economic Thought • Linguistics • Ludwig von Mises • Max Weber • Political Economy • Social Sciences
• ISBN-10: 0-387-73372-8 / 0387733728
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-73372-2 / 9780387733722