Beyond Western Economics: Remembering Other Economic Cultures (Economics as Social Theory)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 041577697X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 176 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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N. Seebaluck said A must read. This book should be made mandatory for any economics student, or any student interested in the field of economic development or alternative economics. The mainstream economics does not include such cultural views or practices of those excluded by excessive western secularization. It is well written and makes sense for any reader who is interested in the field of economics and social theory. A MUST READ indeed.
Trent Schroyer is Professor of Sociology-Philosophy in the School of Social Science and Human Services at Ramapo College. His book, The Critique of Domination has been nominated for a US National Book Award.
These case studies exhibit an impressive range of variation, from first world to third world, from reformist to utopian transformative. Finally, Schroyer links the project to the global justice movement that opposes corporate globalization and eventually links participatory economics and democratic politics to a new image of science as "participatory social learning.". This book combines intellectual history with contemporary events to offer a critique of mainstream economic thought and its neoliberal policy incarnation in global capitalism. The critique operates both theoretically, at the level of metaphysics and the philosophy of science, and concretely, in case studies of globalization and world events. The author moves beyond this to offer alternative "economic cultures," again combining abstract theoretical analysis with concrete case studies of alternative economic formations from local self-sufficiency movements to cooperatives and other anti-capitalist institutional experiments. Trent Schroyer provides a moral and cultural interpretation o
About the AuthorTrent Schroyer is Professor of Sociology-Philosophy in the School of Social Science and Human Services at Ramapo College. His book, The Critique of Domination has been nominated for a US National Book Award.