: Silja Graupe
: The Basho of Economics An Intercultural Analysis of the Process of Economics. Translated and Introduced by Roger Gathman
: Walter de Gruyter GmbH& Co.KG
: 9783110328288
: Process ThoughtISSN
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In the parlance of modern Japanese philosophy, the term Basho denotes a field of experience underlying all conceptions of reality, while remaining itself conceptually ungraspable. The Basho of Economics, then, refers to the economy's hidden experiential ground, which has never been explicitly scrutinized, as such, by mainstream economics. We uncover this ground by discerning the tacit presuppositions of classical and neo-classical theories from the perspective of modern Japanese philosophy. In particular, we draw attention to the traditional atomist assumptions implicit in their equilibrium-centered models. By breaking through these assumptions, we reconstruct the economy as a functional and relational world of habitual and creative activity outside of the scope of mechanical laws.
Contents9
Foreword13
Acknowledgments25
1 Introduction27
2 Methodological Presuppositions35
3 The Implicit Image of the Person inEconomics47
3.1 The Actor in Objective Economic Method48
3.2 Conceiving the Actor in SubjectiveEconomic Methodologies93
3.3 The Actor ‘Beyond’ the Subject-Object Split108
4 The Implicit World Picture ofEconomics153
4.1 The Definition of the Individual inEconomic Methodology154
4.2 The Determination of the Individual as aContext Dependent Existence (I)170
4.3 The Determination of the Economic World186
4.4 The Properties of the Economic World204
4.5 The Determination of the Individual as aContext Dependent Existence (II)218
4.6 The Significance of Egoism for theEconomic World234
4.7 The State and Its Relationship to the Market248
4.8 A World ‘Beyond’ Egoism274
4.9 The Relation of the Economic World toOther Worlds299
5 Conclusion315
6 Bibliography324