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The Viennese Students of Civilization: The Meaning and Context of Austrian Economics Reconsidered
Contributor(s): Dekker, Erwin (Author)

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 ISBN: 1107126401     ISBN-13: 9781107126404
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Economics - Theory
Dewey: 330.157
LCCN: 2015030448
Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" L (1.14 lbs) 236 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
 
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This book argues that the work of the Austrian economists, including Carl Menger, Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, has been too narrowly interpreted. Through a study of Viennese politics and culture, it demonstrates that the project they were engaged in was much broader: the study and defense of a liberal civilization. Erwin Dekker shows the importance of the civilization in their work and how they conceptualized their own responsibilities toward that civilization, which was attacked left and right during the interwar period. Dekker argues that what differentiates their position is that they thought of themselves primarily as students of that civilization rather than as social scientists, or engineers. This unique focus and approach is related to the Viennese setting of the circles, which constitute the heart of Viennese intellectual life in the interwar period.

Contributor Bio(s): Dekker, Erwin: - Erwin Dekker is Assistant Professor in Cultural Economics at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. He has published in the fields of cultural economics, economic methodology and intellectual history, and he is currently working on valuation and the qualitative measurement of quality.
 
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