Intersubjectivity in economics : agents and structures

Author(s)

• Fullbrook, Edward

Bibliographic Information

Intersubjectivity in economics : agents and structures

edited by Edward Fullbrook

（Economics as social theory）

Routledge, 2002

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780415266970

Description

Traditional economics treats the defining subjective properties of economic agents (tastes, preferences, demands, goals and perceptions) as if they are determined independently of individual and collective relations with other agents. This collection of essays reflects the increasingly common view that economics cannot continue to disregard all economic phenomena inconsistent with this conception. The volume is especially concerned with the idea of intersubjective influences on market outcomes. A team of expert international contributors have been brought together to address the question of intersubjectivity from a variety of perspectives. Using methods of description and analysis they explore the structures and effects of concrete interdependencies between individual subjectivities engaged in economic activity, and develop conceptual and analytical tools for this task. Many of the essays are interdisciplinary in scope and in addition to economics the book should provide valuable lessons in psychology, sociology, social theory, philosophy, political science and history.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why intersubjectivity? Edward Fullbrook. PART I Intersubjective Agents.Collective intentionality and individual behaviour John B. Davis Reciprocity, cooperation and limits to competition Armin Falk and Ernst Fehr All consumption is conspicuous Anne Mayhew Flaws in the foundation: Consumer behavior and general equilibrium theory Frank Ackerman On the need for a more complete ontology of the consumer Ralph William Pfouts Conspicuous consumption in economic theory and thought Roger S. Mason The economics of criminal participation: Radical subjectivist and intersubjectivist critiques Peter Wynarczyk Everybody is talking about it: Intersubjectivity and the television industry Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap PART II Intersubjective Structures. Market, imitation and tradition: Hayek v. Keynes Jean-Pierre Dupuy The formation and development of individual agency: Reconstitutive and downward causation Geoffrey Hodgson Conventions of co-ordination and the framing of uncertainty Laurent Thevenot On critical realism and intersubjectivity Paul Lewis and Jochen Runde Social networks and information Paul Ormerod Dispositions, social structures and economic practices: Towards a structural-genetic economics Frederic Lebaron Adam Smith's sympathy: Towards a normative economics S.Abu Turab Rizvi French conventions theory and interface management: Towards a new theory of the firm Thierry Levy An intersubjective theory of value Edward Fullbrook

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780415266987

Description

Traditional economics treats the defining subjective properties of economic agents (tastes, preferences, demands, goals and perceptions) as if they are determined independently of individual and collective relations with other agents. This collection of essays reflects the increasingly common view that economics cannot continue to disregard all economic phenomena inconsistent with this conception. The volume is especially concerned with the idea of intersubjective influences on market outcomes. A team of expert international contributors have been brought together to address the question of intersubjectivity from a variety of perspectives. Using methods of description and analysis they explore the structures and effects of concrete interdependencies between individual subjectivities engaged in economic activity, and develop conceptual and analytical tools for this task. Many of the essays are interdisciplinary in scope and in addition to economics the book should provide valuable lessons in psychology, sociology, social theory, philosophy, political science and history.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - why intersubjectivity?, Edward Fullbrook. Part I Intersubjective agents collective intentionality and individual behaviour, John B Davis
• reciprocity, cooperation and limits to competition, Armin Falk and Ernst Fehr
• all consumption is conspicuous, Anne Mayhew
• flaws in the foundation - consumer behaviour and general equilibrium theory, Frank Ackerman
• on the need for a more complete ontology of the consumer, Ralph William Pfouts
• conspicuous consumption in economic theory and thought, Roger S Mason
• the economics of criminal participation - radical subjectivist and intersubjectivist critiques, Peter Wynarczyk
• everybody is talking about it - intersubjectivity and the television industry, Shaun P Hargreaves Heap. Part II Intersubjective structures market, imitation and tradition: Hayek v Keynes, Jean-Pierre Dupuy
• the formation and development of individual agency - reconstitutive downward causation, Geoffrey Hodgson
• conventions of co-ordination and the framing of uncertainty, Laurent Theacutevenot
• on critical realism and intersubjectivity, Paul Lewis and Jochen Runde
• social networks and information, Paul Ormerod
• dispositions, social structures and economic practices - towards a structural-genetic economics Freacute Lebaron
• Adam Smith's sympathy - towards a normative economics, S Abu Turab Rizvi
• French conventions theory and interface management - towards a new theory of the firm, Thierry Levy
• an intersubjective theory of value, Edward Fullbrook.

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Details

• NCID: BA5471244X
• ISBN:
  • 0415266971
  • 041526698X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 306 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HB74.P8I59
  • DC21 : 330/.01/9
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Economics -- Psychological aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19252851