Schumpeter and the idea of social science : a metatheoretical study

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Schumpeter and the idea of social science : a metatheoretical study

Yuichi Shionoya

(Historical perspectives on modern economics)

Cambridge University Press, 1997

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"Originally published in Japanese as 'Shumpētā-teki shikō' by Toyo Keizai Inc., Tokyo 1995"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. 329-346

Includes index

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Description

This book is a comprehensive investigation of the work of Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950), one of the great economists of the twentieth century. In this study, Yuichi Shionoya highlights Schumpeter's methodological views and emphasizes his ideal of a universal social science. Taking on board all aspects of his work, he reconstructs a system which encompasses theory (economic statics, economic dynamics, economic sociology) and metatheory (philosophy of science, history and sociology of science). The originality of Schumpeter's work - which the author calls the two-structure approach to the evolution of mind and society - is examined in the light of the intellectual field in Germany and Austria in the early twentieth century. This book is a major contribution to the history of economic thought.

Table of Contents

  • List of figures
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Schumpeter and his surroundings: an overview
  • 3. The scope and methods of Schumpeter's research program
  • 4. The sociology of science and Schumpeter's ideology
  • 5. The economic methodology of instrumentalism
  • 6. Static economics as an exact science
  • 7. The theory of economic development as a midpoint
  • 8. A methodology of economic sociology
  • 9. Economic sociology as an evolutionary science
  • 10. The historical world of economics
  • 11. Value judgements and political economy
  • 12. Conclusion: Schumpeterian synthesis
  • Notes
  • List of references
  • Index.

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