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This book shows how Marshall's distinctive contributions to modern economics grew out of his early development of a neo-Hegelian social philosophy.
List of contents
Introduction; Part I. The Contexts of Marshall's Intellectual Apprenticeship: 1. The state of long-term memories; 2. A liberal education; Part II. Dualist Moral Science: 1867-71: 3. Mental crisis; 4. The way of all flesh; 5. Political economy; Part III. Neo-Hegelian political economy: 1872-3: 6. A philosophy of history; 7. Missing links: the education of the working classes; Epilogue. 'A Rounded Globe of Knowledge': 8. Social philosophy and economic science.
About the author
Simon J. Cook is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel-Aviv University. He previously taught for five years at Duke University. Dr Cook received his Ph.D. from the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
Summary
Alfred Marshall (1842–1924) was one of the founders of modern economics. This book shows how Marshall's distinctive contributions to modern economics grew out of his early development of a neo-Hegelian social philosophy, which itself was the product of a youthful crisis of religious faith.
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'This reconstruction of the foundations of Alfred Marshall's social philosophy is the product of original research on the manuscripts that reveal the breadth and depth of Marshall's intellectual concerns during his apprenticeship years. In addition to being a thorough contextual study of the intellectual origins of Marshall's better-known economic writings, Simon Cook's book helps to explain those pervasive idealistic and historical dimensions to Marshall's work that have often perplexed even his closest followers.' Donald Winch, University of Sussex
