Economic History and the Historians.
An economics that refuses to engage with the lessons of history or to engage in a dialogue about justice, values, and ethics risks either wishing itself back to a past that never existed, losing sight of the multiplicity of human interactions across interconnected spheres of life, or sacrificing gen...
| Published in: | Journal of Interdisciplinary History Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 547 - 567 |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Published: |
MIT Press
Spring2020
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | View this record in EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=141897220&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 141897220 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00221953 JIH jtl: Journal of Interdisciplinary History issn: 00221953 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Spring2020 vid: 50 iid: 4 pid: 776 pub: MIT Press artinfo: ui: 141897220 10.1162/jinh_a_01485 ppf: 547 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 138KB tig: atl: Economic History and the Historians. aug: au: McCants, Anne E. C. su: Economic history Economists Historians Economic sociology Social sciences sug: subj: Economic history Economists Historians Economic sociology Social sciences ab: An economics that refuses to engage with the lessons of history or to engage in a dialogue about justice, values, and ethics risks either wishing itself back to a past that never existed, losing sight of the multiplicity of human interactions across interconnected spheres of life, or sacrificing genuine results to clever but inert methods and models. An economics that is sensitive to the complexity of the past, conducive to beneficial social conditions in the present, or even just an economic history with a viable future will depend fundamentally on the commitment to hold two disciplinary inclinations in fruitful and balanced tension. Economists and historians should continue to talk to each other regularly, with open minds, as many already do, and as the fifty-year existence of the JIH attests. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Interdisciplinary History is the property of MIT Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Interdisciplinary History holder: MIT Press dt: @attributes: year: 2020 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|