1st Edition

Economic Life Beyond Economists

By Abderrazak Belabes Copyright 2025
178 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

178 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Through an examination of the work of great scholars from fields including philosophy, literature, philology, semiology, quantum physics, history, and anthropology, this book argues that building on the contribution of non-economists can open new areas of reflection in economics beyond the usual schools of thought. The purpose of the book is twofold. First, it offers a critique and... Read more

1. Understanding Deeply Without Doing Calculations

2. The Schools of Economic Thought as Modes of Existence

3. Topos for In-Depth Study of Economic Life

4. Al-Farāhīdī's Notion of Maʿāsh Associating 'What We Live From' and 'What We Live In'

5. Towards an Economic Vocabulary Related to Life

6. In Search of Modes of Logic Close to Life Beyond Binary Code

7. Re-Connecting Mathematics to Life As It Was

8. Toward an Ethical Questioning on the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects Related to Life

9. Toward the Opening of Data Sciences to Life Beyond AI’s Black Box

10. The Phenomenon of Avoidance in Economic Literature

Biography

Abderrazak Belabes is an engineer, economist, and philosopher of science with a Ph.D. in economic analysis and policy from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS, Paris). He teaches, as a professor of economics, advanced quantitative methods, research methods, advanced microeconomics, entrepreneurial finance, social entrepreneurship, data management in endowments, and history of economic life in Muslim societies.