Volltext herunterladen
(629.8 KB)
Zitationshinweis
Bitte beziehen Sie sich beim Zitieren dieses Dokumentes immer auf folgenden Persistent Identifier (PID):
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.44.2019.1.308-334
Export für Ihre Literaturverwaltung
Economics of Convention Meets Foucault
Economics of convention trifft Foucault
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract The contribution examines concepts and the methodology of Michel Foucault from the standpoint of the French institutionalist approach of economics of convention (in short EC). EC is briefly introduced. Then, it is argued that Foucault should be regarded as an “ally” for EC, because his theory shares... mehr
The contribution examines concepts and the methodology of Michel Foucault from the standpoint of the French institutionalist approach of economics of convention (in short EC). EC is briefly introduced. Then, it is argued that Foucault should be regarded as an “ally” for EC, because his theory shares main positions with EC, but Foucault also provides concepts and methodological strategies, which could improve EC’s capabilities to analyze practices and strategies of convention-based processes as critique, justification and the social construction of qualities and worth. Some representatives of EC have already adopted Foucaultian concepts. Foucault also pioneered the analysis in domains, highly relevant for EC, as in the field of law and neoliberalism, but these works are not well recognized so far. Moreover, Foucault began the study of individual’s strategies of self-conduct and self-formation, which EC approached later on as well. The article claims that it is especially Foucault’s notions of episteme and power as well as Foucaultian discourse analysis, which offer innovative theoretical and methodological perspectives for EC.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Dispositiv; Diskursanalyse; Strukturalismus; Methodologie; Gesetzgebung; Recht; soziale Konstruktion; Neoliberalismus; Sozialökonomie; Konvention; Macht; Rechtstheorie; Frankreich; Foucault, M.
Klassifikation
Generelle Theorien der Sozialwissenschaften
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
economics of convention; discourse; technologies of the self; regimes of engagement; episteme
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 308-334
Zeitschriftentitel
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 1
Heftthema
Markets, Organizations, and Law - Perspectives of Convention Theory on Economic Practices and Structures
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)