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Conventions, the great transformation and actor network theory
Konventionen, die große Transformation und Actor Network Theory
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Abstract "This article proceeds from the field of tension between the synchronical approach of the economics of convention and the diachronical approach of economic anthropology (in the tradition of Karl Polanyi). It is argued that the economics of convention remain problematic to historians in that they fai... view more
"This article proceeds from the field of tension between the synchronical approach of the economics of convention and the diachronical approach of economic anthropology (in the tradition of Karl Polanyi). It is argued that the economics of convention remain problematic to historians in that they fail to capture the long term transformations traditionally referred to as the emergence of modernity and the coming about of homo economicus. As a possible solution, the use of concepts and insights from Actor Network Theory is proposed. While this cluster of theories enables an historical perspective without considering modernity as a natural process, it confronts changing relationships between subjects, objects and cultural systems of meaning head on." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
convention; anthropology; modernity; modernization; actor-network-theory
Classification
General Concepts, Major Hypotheses and Major Theories in the Social Sciences
Method
basic research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 44-54
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 4
Issue topic
The "Économie des Conventions"
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.4.44-54
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed