Challenges of doing research in the history of economic thought: A Latin American perspective

The researcher who works on the history of economic thought in Latin America faces three basic challenges, namely: 1) crossing disciplinary boundaries, since the field requires familiarity with neighboring areas of investigation, such as philosophy, sociology, and psychology, among others; 2) recog...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:17f3fbd523094aa4baa5d6767207f8032021-11-24T14:26:48ZChallenges of doing research in the history of economic thought: A Latin American perspective10.1590/0101-41614821amb0101-41611980-5357https://doaj.org/article/17f3fbd523094aa4baa5d6767207f8032018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/ee/article/view/143890https://doaj.org/toc/0101-4161https://doaj.org/toc/1980-5357 The researcher who works on the history of economic thought in Latin America faces three basic challenges, namely: 1) crossing disciplinary boundaries, since the field requires familiarity with neighboring areas of investigation, such as philosophy, sociology, and psychology, among others; 2) recognizing that past is past, that one´s favorite author or school of thought can bring some light to society´s present choices and policies, but, due to their particular context, should not stand as their final arbiter; 3) starting local, becoming universal, i.e, while preserving the universal content of economics, realizing that it must pay due respect to the historical, geographical and institutional diversity of its subject matter.   Ana Maria BianchiUniversidade de São Pauloarticlehistory of economic thoughtLatin AmericaEconomics as a scienceHB71-74ENPTEstudos Econômicos, Vol 48, Iss 2 (2018)
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Latin America
Economics as a science
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Latin America
Economics as a science
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Ana Maria Bianchi
Challenges of doing research in the history of economic thought: A Latin American perspective
description The researcher who works on the history of economic thought in Latin America faces three basic challenges, namely: 1) crossing disciplinary boundaries, since the field requires familiarity with neighboring areas of investigation, such as philosophy, sociology, and psychology, among others; 2) recognizing that past is past, that one´s favorite author or school of thought can bring some light to society´s present choices and policies, but, due to their particular context, should not stand as their final arbiter; 3) starting local, becoming universal, i.e, while preserving the universal content of economics, realizing that it must pay due respect to the historical, geographical and institutional diversity of its subject matter.  
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title_full_unstemmed Challenges of doing research in the history of economic thought: A Latin American perspective
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