{"product_id":"economics-culture-and-social-theory-9781845427108","title":"Economics, Culture and Social Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomics, Culture and Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e examines how culture has been neglected in economic theorising and considers how economics could benefit by incorporating ideas from social and cultural theory. \u003cp\u003eOrthodox economics has prompted a long line of cultural criticism that goes back to the origins of economic theory and extends to recent debates surrounding postmodernism. William A. Jackson discusses the cultural critique of economics, identifies the main arguments, and assesses their implications. Among the topics covered are relativism and realism, idealism and materialism, agency and structure, hermeneutics, semiotics, and cultural evolution. Drawing from varied literatures, notably social and cultural theory, the book stresses the importance of culture for economic behaviour and looks at the prospects for a renewed and culturally informed economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will be invaluable to heterodox economists and to anyone interested in the links between culture and the economy. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, arguing against the isolation of economics, and will therefore hold wide appeal for social scientists working in related fields, as well as for economists specialising in cultural economics and economic methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'. . . the book is excellent in setting out and explaining a fundamental critique of economics - one moreover that has been missed by most other current critics of the field. Making this case is an achievement. Hopefully, it will have a greater impact than its author probably expects.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Journal of Cultural Economics\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Economics evolved by perfecting the taking of \"culture\" out of its reductionist and virtual world. But culture has recently been reintroduced, both as a sphere of application for an otherwise unchanging methodology and as a weak form of acknowledging that the \"economic\" alone is inadequate as the basis even for explaining the economy. This volume is an essential critical starting point for understanding the changing relationship between economics and culture and in offering a more satisfactory and stable union between the two.'\u003c\/i\u003e -- Ben Fine, University of London, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Preface  Part I: Introduction  1. Cultural Thought and its Origins  2. The Meaning of Culture  Part II: The Cultural Critique of Economics  3. Early Critical Arguments (1800–1870)  4. Culture and the Social Sciences (1870–1950)  5. Theory Divided: Economic, Social and Cultural (1950–Present)  6. Common Themes  Part III: Implications of the Cultural Critique  7. Relativism and Realism  8. Idealism and Materialism  9. Agency and Structure  10. Interpretative Methods  11. Social and Economic Evolution  Part IV: Conclusion  12. Towards a Culturally Informed Economics?   Bibliography  Index","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49413537268055,"sku":"9781845427108","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economics-culture-and-social-theory-9781845427108","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}