The Resource Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)
Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)
Resource Information
The item Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This 1994 collection of interdisciplinary essays was the first to investigate how images in the history of the natural and physical sciences have been used to shape the history of economic thought. The contributors, historians of science and economics alike, document the extent to which scholars have drawn on physical and natural science to ground economic ideas and evaluate the role and importance of metaphors in the structure and content of economic thought. These range from Aristotle's discussion of the division of labour, to Marshall's evocation of population biology, to Hayek's dependence upon evolutionary concepts, and more recently to neoclassical economists' invocation of chaos theory. Resort to such images, contributors find, was more than mere rhetorical flourish. Rather, appeals to natural and physical metaphors serve to constitute the very subject matter of the discipline and what might be accepted as the 'economic'.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 618 pages)
- Contents
-
- Doing what comes naturally : four metanarratives on what metaphors are for / Philip Mirowski
- So what's an economic metaphor? / Arjo Klamer and Thomas C. Leonard
- Newton and the social sciences, with special reference to economics, or, the case of the missing paradigm / I. Bernard Cohen
- From virtural velocities to economic action : the very slow arrivals of linear programming and locational equilibrium / Ivor Grattan-Guinness
- Qualitative dynamics in economics and fluid mechanics : a comparison of recent applications / Randall Bausor
- Rigor and practicality : rival ideals of quantification in nineteenth-century economics / Theodore M. Porter
- Economic man, economic machine : images of circulation in the Victorian money market / Timothy L. Alborn
- The moment of Richard Jennings : the production of Jevons's marginalist economic agent / Michael V. White
- Economics and evolution : Alfred James Lotka and the economy of nature / Sharon E. Kingsland
- Fire, motion, and productivity : the proto-energetics of nature and economy in François Quesnay / Paul P. Christensen
- Organism as a metaphor in German economic thought / Michael Hutter
- The greyhound and the mastiff : Darwinian themes in Mill and Marshall / Margaret Schabas
- Organization and the division of labor : biological metaphors at work in Alfred Marshall's Principles of economics / Camille Limoges and Claude Ménard
- The role of biological analogies in the theory of the firm / Neil B. Niman
- Does evolutionary theory give comfort or inspiration to economics? / Alexander Rosenberg
- Hayek, evolution, and spontaneous order / Geoffrey M. Hodgson
- The realms of the natural / Philip Mirowski
- The place of economics in the hierarchy of the sciences : Section F from Whewell to Edgeworth / James P. Henderson
- The kinds of order in society / James Bernard Murphy
- Feminist accounting theory as a critique of what's "natural" in economics / David Chioni Moore
- Isbn
- 9780521478847
- Label
- Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw"
- Title
- Natural images in economic thought
- Title remainder
- "markets read in tooth and claw"
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Philip Mirowski
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This 1994 collection of interdisciplinary essays was the first to investigate how images in the history of the natural and physical sciences have been used to shape the history of economic thought. The contributors, historians of science and economics alike, document the extent to which scholars have drawn on physical and natural science to ground economic ideas and evaluate the role and importance of metaphors in the structure and content of economic thought. These range from Aristotle's discussion of the division of labour, to Marshall's evocation of population biology, to Hayek's dependence upon evolutionary concepts, and more recently to neoclassical economists' invocation of chaos theory. Resort to such images, contributors find, was more than mere rhetorical flourish. Rather, appeals to natural and physical metaphors serve to constitute the very subject matter of the discipline and what might be accepted as the 'economic'.--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mirowski, Philip
- Series statement
-
- Historical perspectives on modern economics
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Economics
- Label
- Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Doing what comes naturally : four metanarratives on what metaphors are for / Philip Mirowski -- So what's an economic metaphor? / Arjo Klamer and Thomas C. Leonard -- Newton and the social sciences, with special reference to economics, or, the case of the missing paradigm / I. Bernard Cohen -- From virtural velocities to economic action : the very slow arrivals of linear programming and locational equilibrium / Ivor Grattan-Guinness -- Qualitative dynamics in economics and fluid mechanics : a comparison of recent applications / Randall Bausor -- Rigor and practicality : rival ideals of quantification in nineteenth-century economics / Theodore M. Porter -- Economic man, economic machine : images of circulation in the Victorian money market / Timothy L. Alborn -- The moment of Richard Jennings : the production of Jevons's marginalist economic agent / Michael V. White -- Economics and evolution : Alfred James Lotka and the economy of nature / Sharon E. Kingsland -- Fire, motion, and productivity : the proto-energetics of nature and economy in François Quesnay / Paul P. Christensen -- Organism as a metaphor in German economic thought / Michael Hutter -- The greyhound and the mastiff : Darwinian themes in Mill and Marshall / Margaret Schabas -- Organization and the division of labor : biological metaphors at work in Alfred Marshall's Principles of economics / Camille Limoges and Claude Ménard -- The role of biological analogies in the theory of the firm / Neil B. Niman -- Does evolutionary theory give comfort or inspiration to economics? / Alexander Rosenberg -- Hayek, evolution, and spontaneous order / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- The realms of the natural / Philip Mirowski -- The place of economics in the hierarchy of the sciences : Section F from Whewell to Edgeworth / James P. Henderson -- The kinds of order in society / James Bernard Murphy -- Feminist accounting theory as a critique of what's "natural" in economics / David Chioni Moore
- Control code
- CR9780511572128
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 618 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521478847
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)668201630
- Label
- Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Doing what comes naturally : four metanarratives on what metaphors are for / Philip Mirowski -- So what's an economic metaphor? / Arjo Klamer and Thomas C. Leonard -- Newton and the social sciences, with special reference to economics, or, the case of the missing paradigm / I. Bernard Cohen -- From virtural velocities to economic action : the very slow arrivals of linear programming and locational equilibrium / Ivor Grattan-Guinness -- Qualitative dynamics in economics and fluid mechanics : a comparison of recent applications / Randall Bausor -- Rigor and practicality : rival ideals of quantification in nineteenth-century economics / Theodore M. Porter -- Economic man, economic machine : images of circulation in the Victorian money market / Timothy L. Alborn -- The moment of Richard Jennings : the production of Jevons's marginalist economic agent / Michael V. White -- Economics and evolution : Alfred James Lotka and the economy of nature / Sharon E. Kingsland -- Fire, motion, and productivity : the proto-energetics of nature and economy in François Quesnay / Paul P. Christensen -- Organism as a metaphor in German economic thought / Michael Hutter -- The greyhound and the mastiff : Darwinian themes in Mill and Marshall / Margaret Schabas -- Organization and the division of labor : biological metaphors at work in Alfred Marshall's Principles of economics / Camille Limoges and Claude Ménard -- The role of biological analogies in the theory of the firm / Neil B. Niman -- Does evolutionary theory give comfort or inspiration to economics? / Alexander Rosenberg -- Hayek, evolution, and spontaneous order / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- The realms of the natural / Philip Mirowski -- The place of economics in the hierarchy of the sciences : Section F from Whewell to Edgeworth / James P. Henderson -- The kinds of order in society / James Bernard Murphy -- Feminist accounting theory as a critique of what's "natural" in economics / David Chioni Moore
- Control code
- CR9780511572128
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 618 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9780521478847
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)668201630
Subject
Genre
Member of
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.eui.eu/portal/Natural-images-in-economic-thought--markets/LqJJoJoLfzk/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.eui.eu/portal/Natural-images-in-economic-thought--markets/LqJJoJoLfzk/">Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.eui.eu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.library.eui.eu/">European University Institute Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.eui.eu/portal/Natural-images-in-economic-thought--markets/LqJJoJoLfzk/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.eui.eu/portal/Natural-images-in-economic-thought--markets/LqJJoJoLfzk/">Natural images in economic thought : "markets read in tooth and claw", edited by Philip Mirowski, (electronic resource)</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.eui.eu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="https://link.library.eui.eu/">European University Institute Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
