A carregar...
Publicação
Circulating economic ideas: adaptation, appropriation, translation
| Nome: | Descrição: | Tamanho: | Formato: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.33 MB | Adobe PDF |
Autores
Orientador(es)
Resumo(s)
The writing of this chapter was originally motivated by the general theme of the
4th ESHET Latin American Conference held in Belo Horizonte in November
2014, under the heading of Originality, Adaptation and Critique: the Place of
Latin America in the History of Economic Thought. The conference featured
a round table on the topic of the "International Dissemination of Economic
Ideas." These notes correspond to the attempt that was made to promote the
discussion of a few ontological and methodological issues related to the study
of the spread and diffusion of economic ideas across countries and continents.
This research subject is of utmost relevance for countries and regions
that are usually seen as net importers of original ideas created abroad.
Notwithstanding the capacity to build up creative thinking in Latin
American countries, especially as regards original contributions to the
theories and policies of economic development, there is plenty of evidence
of the richness of the procedures involved in the critical adaptation and
appropriation of economic knowledge. The scholarly debates on the diffusion
in many Latin American countries of Enlightenment ideas on economic
reform, Adam Smith's political economy, List's system of national
political economy, or Keynesian economic policies - to name just the obvious
and well-studied cases - offer multiple reasons for claiming the relevance
of studies of this kind in the dissemination of economic thought.r
The development of economic ideas and theoretical constructs in particular
regional contexts is socially and politically determined, thus inviting historians
to explain why, when, and how the spread and diffusion processes occurred.
The aim of this contribution is to highlight a few points that help to understand
this relevant issue in the historiography of economic thought. After a
brief summary of canonical interpretation so I shall explore less cultivated territories
of research, crossing borders within the universe of the social sciences.
Descrição
Palavras-chave
Economic thought Dissemination of Economic Ideas
Contexto Educativo
Citação
Cardoso, J. L. (2017). Circulating economic ideas: adaptation, appropriation, translation. In Cunha, A. M., Suprinyak, C. E. (Eds), The political economy of Latin American Independence (pp. 32-40). London: Routledge