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Economics and Social Theory

By Adam Lutzker

To Be Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge – 288 pages

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

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Description

Innovative and cutting-edge, this book proposes an alternative philosophical framework for economics which will reconfigure economics and social theory as historical disciplines that analyze successive standardizations of social practices.

Using several tools from the poststructuralist arsenal Lutzker examines work from a range of disciplines, including:

  • social history
  • the history of statistics
  • the history of technology.

Outlining some of the major standardizations in the economic history of modern capitalism, this book is an excellent resource for all students of economics or related fields, as well as those studying economic sociology, social theory, cultural studies and science studies.

Contents

Part 1: The Social Practices Framework 1. The Rise and Fall of Formalism in Postwar Economics, Sociology and Philosophy 2. Social Practices, Governmentality and Economic History Part 2: Social Theory 3. Competing Theories of Agency in Economics and Social Theory 4. Why are Capital Accumulation Metaphors so Popular? 5: Consumption, Culture and Contemporary Identity Part 3: The Economy as Social Construct 6. National Styles of Capitalism 7. Production Chains, Globalization and the State 8. Long Waves, Golden Ages, New Economies and Asset Bubbles

Name: Economics and Social Theory (Hardback) – Routledge 
Description: By Adam Lutzker. Innovative and cutting-edge, this book proposes an alternative philosophical framework for economics which will reconfigure economics and social theory as historical disciplines that analyze successive standardizations of social practices. Using several...
Categories: Economic Theory & Philosophy, Political Economy, Philosophy of Science, Social Theory, Philosophy of Social Science