David Ricardo. An Intellectual Biography Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Series
Auteur : Cremaschi Sergio
David Ricardo has been acclaimed ? or vilified ? for merits he would never have dreamt of, or sins for which he was entirely innocent. Entrenched mythology labels him as a utilitarian economist, an enemy of the working class, an impractical theorist, a scientist with ?no philosophy at all? and the author of a formalist methodological revolution. Exploring a middle ground between theory and biography, this book explores the formative intellectual encounters of a man who came to economic studies via other experiences, thus bridging the gap between the historical Ricardo and the economist?s Ricardo.
The chapters undertake a thorough analysis of Ricardo?s writings in their context, asking who was speaking, what audience was being addressed, with what communicative intentions, using what kind of lexicon and communicative conventions, and starting with what shared knowledge. The work opens in presenting the different religious communities with which Ricardo was in touch. It goes on to describe his education in the leading science of the time ? geology ? before he turned to the study of political economy. Another chapter discusses five ?philosophers? ? students of logic, ethics and politics ? with whom he was in touch. From correspondence, manuscripts and publications, the closing chapters reconstruct, firstly, Ricardo's ideas on scientific method, the limits of the 'abstract science? and its application, and, secondly, his ideas on ethics and politics and their impact on strategies for improving the condition of the working class.
This book sheds new light on Ricardian economics, providing an invaluable service to readers of economic methodology, philosophy of economics, the history of economic thought, political thought and philosophy.
Preface: science, logic, ethics and theology in Ricardo’s intellectual biography 1. Ricardo’s Sepharad 2. Ricardo’s encounter with the Quakers 3. Ricardo’s encounter with the Unitarians 4. Ricardo’s encounter with geologists 5. Ricardo’s encounter with philosophers and political economists 6. Ricardo on logic and political economy 7. Ricardo on ethics and political economy Conclusions: a man from another planet
Sergio Cremaschi is a former Reader of Moral Philosophy at the ‘Amedeo Avogadro’ University at Vercelli, Italy.
Date de parution : 05-2023
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 11-2021
15.6x23.4 cm
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Mots-clés :
Ricardian economics; history of economic thought; economic methodology; philosophy of economics; Unitarianism; ethics; natural scientists; moral philosophy; economic theory; David Ricardo; philosophy of science; economics and theology; geology; Utilitarianism; Anglo-Judaism; Quakerism; Robert Aspland; London Geological Society; Thomas Belsham; Unitarian Chapel; Monthly Repository; Young Man; Ricardo’s Objection; Agnostic; Unlimited; Creation Of The World; Follow; Geological Society; Rational Pursuit; Ricardo’s Education; Scottish Common Sense School; Essex Street; Dissenting Sect; Natural Price; Bullion Controversy; Social Theodicy; Sephardi Community; Geological Essays; Malthus’s Objections; Scottish Common Sense Realism; Epistemological Anti-realism