|
|
Pointing out a number of elisions inherent in economic analysis, this text covers class blinkers, to gender and culture blinkers, to methodological failings, philosophical errors and political and paradigmatic biases. The work is aimed primarily at a de-mystification of the discipline by means of a critical exploration of various fields, ranging from economic theory and economic history to history of economics and development economics. Questions are raised about the utility of economics and the efficacy of "science" generally, carrying the necessary message of "De Omnibus Dubitandum" in matters of social theory. Ultimately, the derivative of the study is a plea to begin the process of rethinking political economy, stripped of its misapprehensions.
| ISBN | 1859726100 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9781859726105
(What's this?) | | Pages | 266 | | Publisher | Ashgate Publishing Group | | Volumes | 001 | | Imprint | Ashgate Publishing Limited | | Weight (grammes) | 500 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | Aldershot | | Publication date | 19 Aug 1997 | | Height (mm) | 159 | | Library of Congress | HB | | Width (mm) | 227 | | DEWEY | 330.01 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
|
| |
| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Introduction: Against Economics | | 1 | | Pt. I | | Economics and Epistemology: Marxism, Realism and Beyond | | 9 | | 1 | | Critical Realism: The Nouvelle Critique | | 11 | | 2 | | Against Eurocentrism: Prolegomena to Liberation | | 31 | | Pt. II | | 'Development' Studies: Retrospect and Prospect | | 51 | | 3 | | Theory and Policy in 'Development' Studies: An Overview of the Mythology of 'Progress' | | 53 | | Pt. III | | Arguments in Political Economy: Old and New | | 73 | | 4 | | Economic Theory and Arms Expenditures: A Resume of Issues | | 75 | | 5 | | Sraffa, and All That: A Retrospective on Some Foibles of the Cambridge School | | 103 | | 6 | | Why England Led the Way: Clues to a Critique to Eurocentrism | | 110 | | Pt. IV | | Classical Economics: Myth and Reality | | 121 | | 7 | | The Ricardian Rigmarole: From Policy to Paradigm | | 123 | | 8 | | The Parson and the Plutocrat: Toward Restitution | | 143 | | Pt. V | | Revolutions in Economic Theory: The Parameters of Paradigm Shift | | 161 | | 9 | | The Eclipse of Ricardian Ideas: A Primer on Paradigm Shift in Economics | | 163 | | Pt. VI | | Otiose Controversies in Marxism: Against Orthodoxy | | 191 | | 10 | | The Falling Rate of Profit: Clarifying a Conjecture | | 193 | | 11 | | The 'Asiatic' Mode of Production: Eclipse of a Notion | | 200 | | 12 | | The 'Transition' to Socialism: In Dubious Debate | | 211 | | 13 | | Beyond Marx: Contra Theses on Feuerbach | | 226 | | Pt. VII | | New Horizons: Against Patriarchy | | 229 | | 14 | | Feminist Horizons: Toward Cultural Revolution | | 231 | | | More... | | |
|
|
|
|
|
Enlarge
