1st Edition

Critical Theory and Economics Philosophical Notes on Contemporary Inequality

156 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

156 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

156 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This book expands upon a range of economic insights within the overall context of critical theory, particularly with respect to the question of socioeconomic inequalities, and presents an explanation of how critical theory provides a number of interesting perspectives for economists. Economic agents, deliberately imprisoned in their instrumental rationality as a means to survive under... Read more

Preface

Introduction

1. Prolegomena to Critical Theory

1.1 The History of Critical Theory

1.2 Critical and Traditional Theory

1.3 Critical Theory and Economics

2. Prolegomena to Economic Theory

2.1 Foundations of Contemporary Economics

2.3 The impotence of the Behavioural "Critique"

3. Dialectical-Critical Reflection

3.1 A critique of Positivism: From Metaphysical Ontologism to Mathematical Formalism

3.2 Dialectics as a Reaction to Positivism