Economics and language
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Economics and language
（Economics as social theory）
Routledge, 1993
- : hard
- : pbk
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Papers from a conference sponsored by the University of Birmingham held at the Lucas Institute, April 15-17, 1991
Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hard ISBN 9780415081597
Description
Twentieth-century philosophy has been dominated by issues concerned with language. These have left few areas of academic enquiry untouched; an awareness of language matters to a discipline because claims to knowledge can be made only by using language. However, economists have only come to recognize its importance relatively recently. Moreover whilst there has been much written on the subject of economics and language in the last decade, this has been dominated by the use of techniques borrowed from literary criticism. Whilst these have provided many valuable insights, they have tended to conceal the features of economics writing which distinguish it from writing in other disciplines. "Economics and Language" takes a broader view. Its approach is interdisciplinary, and it includes contributions from economists, linguists and literary theorists. It moves from chapters on the wider methodological implications of language issues within economics, to an analysis of how economic texts work. This ensures that methodological discussion is related directly to the practices of economics.
Table of Contents
- Exploring the Language and Rhetoric of Economics, Roger Blackhouse et al. Part 1 Rhetoric and Critical Theory: Two Philosophies of the Rhetoric of Economics, Uskali Maki
- The Significance of Interpretation in Economics, Bill Gerrard
- Decanonizing Discourses - Textual Analysis and the History of Economic Thought, Vivienne Brown
- Meaning in the Context of Bargaining Games - Narratives in Opposition, Judith Mehta. Part 2 Controversy and Hedging in Economics: The Debate over Milton Friedman's Theoretical Framework - an Economist's View, Roger Blackhouse
- How Economists Modify Propositions, Meriel Bloor and Thomas Bloor. Part 3 Language and the History of Economic Thought: Scientificality in Economic Articles 1730-1980, Britt-Louise Gunnarsson
- Money Talks - the Rhetorical Project of the Wealth of Nations, Charles Bazerman
- The Problem of Edgeworth's Style, Willie Henderson
- The Paradox of Value - Six Treatments in Search of the Reader, John M Swales.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415092098
Description
The importance of language in economics has been neglected and dominated by techniques from other disciplines. This looks at the wider methological implications of language within economics in a practical and theoretical way
Table of Contents
- Roger Backhouse, University of Birmingham
- Meriel Bloor, University of Warwick
- Tom Bloor, Aston University
- Charles Bazerman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
- Vivienne Brown, Open University
- Tony Dudley-Evans, University of Birmingham
- Bill Gerrard, University of York
- Britt-Louise Gunnarsson, Uppsala University, Sweden
- Uskali Maki, United Nations University, Finland
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