Schumpeter and the idea of social science : a metatheoretical study / Yuichi Shionoya

Author:: Shionoya, Yūichi, 1932-2015
Uniform Title:: Shumpēta-teki shikō. English
Additional Titles:: Schumpeter & the Idea of Social Science
Published:: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xiv, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Historical perspectives on modern economics

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Schumpeter and his surroundings: an overview -- 3. The scope and methods of Schumpeter's research program -- 4. The sociology of science and Schumpeter's ideology -- 5. The economic methodology of instrumentalism -- 6. Static economics as an exact science -- 7. The theory of economic development as a midpoint -- 8. A methodology of economic sociology -- 9. Economic sociology as an evolutionary science -- 10. The historical world of economics -- 11. Value judgments and political economy -- 12. Conclusion: Schumpeterian synthesis.

Summary:

This book is a comprehensive investigation of the work of Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), one of the great economists of the twentieth century. In this study, Yuichi Shionoya highlights Schumpeter's methodological views and emphasizes his ideal of a universal social science. Taking on board all aspects of his work, he reconstructs a system which encompasses theory (economic statics, economic dynamics, economic sociology) and metatheory (philosophy of science, history and sociology of science). The originality of Schumpeter's work - which the author calls the two-structure approach to the evolution of mind and society - is examined in the light of the intellectual field in Germany and Austria in the early twentieth century. This book is a major contribution to the history of economic thought.

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9780511521959 (ebook)
9780521430340 (hardback)
9780521037969 (paperback)

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