Robert L Gallagher

Aristotle's Critique of Political Economy

With a Contemporary Application

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Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a positive account of Aristotle's theory of political economy, arguing that it contains elements that may help us better understand and resolve contemporary social and economic problems. In exploring how Aristotle's theories can be applied to contemporary social welfare analysis, the book offers a study that will be of relevance to scholars of the history of economic thought, political theory, and the philosophy of economics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781138644717
• ISBN-10: 1138644714
• Artikelnr.: 52960503

Autorenporträt

Robert L. Gallagher is Director of the Eudemian Institute and Honorary Research Associate at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Dr Gallagher lives in Lebanon.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I Post-Enlightenment Aristotelian theorists of political economy. 1.
Karl Marx: "The Aristotle of the nineteenth century". 2. Karl Polanyi. 3.
John Rawls. 4. Amartya Sen. 5. Martha Nussbaum. PART II Aristotle's
critique of political economy. 6. The metaphysical foundations of
Aristotle's critique of political economy. 7. Living well versus mere
living: The bifurcation of the community. 8. Incommensurability and
Aristotle's theory of value. 9. Reciprocity and reciprocal justice. 10.
Grace in Aristotle's theory of exchange. PART III Contemporary application.
Social welfare analysis: theory. 11. The state of social welfare analysis.
12. Derivation of an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function. PART IV
Contemporary application. Social welfare analysis: application. 13.
Estimating values of an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function. 14.
Quantitative studies in an Aristotelian Social Welfare Function.
Conclusion.