Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and IrelandCambridge University Press, 2003 M11 20 - 229 páginas We think of economic theory as a scientific speciality accessible only to experts, but Victorian writers commented on economic subjects with great interest. Gordon Bigelow focuses on novelists Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell and compares their work with commentaries on the Irish famine (1845–1852). Bigelow argues that at this moment of crisis the rise of economics depended substantially on concepts developed in literature. These works all criticized the systematized approach to economic life that the prevailing political economy proposed. Gradually the romantic views of human subjectivity, described in the novels, provided the foundation for a new theory of capitalism based on the desires of the individual consumer. Bigelow's argument stands out by showing how the discussion of capitalism in these works had significant influence not just on public opinion, but on the rise of economic theory itself. |
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... social organization , economic life , technical innovations , scientific thought – in short , culture in its broadest sense . In recent years , theoretical challenges and historiographical shifts have unsettled the assumptions of ...
... social organization , economic life , technical innovations , scientific thought – in short , culture in its broadest sense . In recent years , theoretical challenges and historiographical shifts have unsettled the assumptions of ...
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... social theory of wealth : three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell Household words : “ homely and natural language " in Mary Barton " Cold lion " : history and rationality in Cranford Toleration and freedom in North and South Conclusion Notes ...
... social theory of wealth : three novels by Elizabeth Gaskell Household words : “ homely and natural language " in Mary Barton " Cold lion " : history and rationality in Cranford Toleration and freedom in North and South Conclusion Notes ...
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... social his- tory of the 1840s that these ideas first began to take shape . Tom Vogler , a generous mentor and inspiring example of intellectual life , offered passion- ate encouragement and consistent insight . Hilary Schor gave nuanced ...
... social his- tory of the 1840s that these ideas first began to take shape . Tom Vogler , a generous mentor and inspiring example of intellectual life , offered passion- ate encouragement and consistent insight . Hilary Schor gave nuanced ...
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... social and political policy, liberal and conservative, rests at every turn on an economic impera- tive of one form or another.1 At the same time, the last decade has brought an expansion of financial institutions, consumer credit ...
... social and political policy, liberal and conservative, rests at every turn on an economic impera- tive of one form or another.1 At the same time, the last decade has brought an expansion of financial institutions, consumer credit ...
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... social theory – and restricted it to the positive description of mar- ket behaviors alone . Jevons wrote in the same preface that " the Theory of Economy thus treated presents a close analogy to the science of Statical Mechanics , and ...
... social theory – and restricted it to the positive description of mar- ket behaviors alone . Jevons wrote in the same preface that " the Theory of Economy thus treated presents a close analogy to the science of Statical Mechanics , and ...
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Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and Ireland Gordon Bigelow Vista previa limitada - 2003 |
Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and Ireland Gordon Bigelow Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and Ireland Gordon Bigelow Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
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