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Altri mondi, altre menti, altrimenti. Oikonomia vernacolare e società conviviale

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L'economista Serge Latouche avanza in queste pagine una tesi clamorosa: l'economia è un'invenzione moderna e la sua costruzione avviene in una dimensione semantica, storica e sociale, così radicata nella società da giustificare una situazione come quella esistente, così fortemente informata dal processo di globalizzazione. La naturalità dell'ordine economico e sociale è il presupposto implicito sul quale viene costruita la scienza economica ed è proprio quest'assioma che lo studioso intende smascherare.

143 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

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Serge Latouche

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Serge Latouche (born January 12, 1940) is a French emeritus professor of economics at the University of Paris-Sud. He holds a degree in political sciences, in philosophy and in economy.

Latouche is a specialist in North-South economic and cultural relations, and in the epistemology of the social sciences. He has developed a critical theory towards economic orthodoxy. He denounces economism, utilitarianism in social sciences, consumer society and the notion of sustainable development. He particularly criticizes the notions of economic efficiency and economic rationalism. He is one of the thinkers and most renowned partisans of the degrowth theory. Latouche has also published in the Revue du Mauss, a French anti-utilitarian journal.

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