Open Economics: Economics in relation to other disciplines (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics) - Hardcover

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9780415460125: Open Economics: Economics in relation to other disciplines (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415460123 ISBN 13: 9780415460125
Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Economics has developed into one of the most specialised social sciences. Yet at the same time, it shares its subject matter with other social sciences and humanities and its method of analysis has developed in close correspondence with the natural and life sciences. This book offers an up to date assessment of economics in relation to other disciplines.

This edited collection explores fields as diverse as mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, sociology, architecture, and literature, drawing from selected contributions to the 2005 Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). There is currently much discussion at the leading edges of modern economics about openness to other disciplines, such as psychology and sociology. But what we see here is that economics has drawn on (as well as contributed to) other disciplines throughout its history. In this sense, in spite of the increasing specialisation within all disciplines, economics has always been an open discipline and the chapters in this volume provide a vivid illustration for this.

Open Economics is a testament to the intellectual vibrancy of historical research in economics. It presents the reader with a historical introduction to the disciplinary context of economics that is the first of its kind, and will appeal to practising economists and students of the discipline alike, as well as to anybody interested in economics and its position in the scientific and social scientific landscape.

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About the Author

Richard Arena is Professor of Economics at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France. Sheila Dow is Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling, UK. Matthias Klaes is Professor of Commerce at Keele University, UK.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415460123
ISBN 13 
9780415460125
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
334
Editor
Arena Richard, Dow Sheila, Klaes Matthias

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