Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and IrelandCambridge University Press, 20 лист. 2003 р. - 229 стор. We think of economic theory as a scientific speciality accessible only to experts, but Victorian writers commented on economic subjects with great interest. Gordon Bigelow focuses on novelists Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Gaskell and compares their work with commentaries on the Irish famine (1845–1852). Bigelow argues that at this moment of crisis the rise of economics depended substantially on concepts developed in literature. These works all criticized the systematized approach to economic life that the prevailing political economy proposed. Gradually the romantic views of human subjectivity, described in the novels, provided the foundation for a new theory of capitalism based on the desires of the individual consumer. Bigelow's argument stands out by showing how the discussion of capitalism in these works had significant influence not just on public opinion, but on the rise of economic theory itself. |
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... important texts . Susan Kus and Lynn Zastoupil responded thoughtfully to new ideas at a for- mative stage in the revision process . Murray Baumgarten , Regenia Gagnier , and Christopher Connery provided important advice and help of ...
... important texts . Susan Kus and Lynn Zastoupil responded thoughtfully to new ideas at a for- mative stage in the revision process . Murray Baumgarten , Regenia Gagnier , and Christopher Connery provided important advice and help of ...
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... important of these assumptions is that with the growth of in- dustrial and market society over the course of the nineteenth century, there arose an increasing division between the economic and cultural spheres of human life. This ...
... important of these assumptions is that with the growth of in- dustrial and market society over the course of the nineteenth century, there arose an increasing division between the economic and cultural spheres of human life. This ...
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... important to recognize here that Jevons's retreat into the laboratory , and out of the drawing rooms of culture and politics , in fact represents a con- cession to the romantic critique of political economy in the first half of the ...
... important to recognize here that Jevons's retreat into the laboratory , and out of the drawing rooms of culture and politics , in fact represents a con- cession to the romantic critique of political economy in the first half of the ...
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... important in encouraging this sort of interdisciplinary work, especially for dialogue between Marxist economists and poststructuralist scholars in other fields.14 The current debate over the globalization of capital and international ...
... important in encouraging this sort of interdisciplinary work, especially for dialogue between Marxist economists and poststructuralist scholars in other fields.14 The current debate over the globalization of capital and international ...
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... importance for economic theory , such investigations into the deep ways in which symbols and meanings are produced , repre- sented , and / or performed in economic transactions are potentially of great importance . " 25 In a lucid ...
... importance for economic theory , such investigations into the deep ways in which symbols and meanings are produced , repre- sented , and / or performed in economic transactions are potentially of great importance . " 25 In a lucid ...
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