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From Homo oeconomicus to Homo symbolicus

By Nicolò Bellanca

Book information

Publisher
Lambert Academic Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-659-59925-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2725313 bytes)
Pages
141\141
Time added
2015-01-30 11:10:42

Description

The overall sense of this research is captured by the book’s title: homo oeconomicus, as the subject of economics, should be abandoned in favor of homo symbolicus. More precisely, homo oeconomicus can stay on the scene as long as human choices are simple. However, when choices have to deal with incomparability of the alternatives, indivisibility of the goods, an intrinsically relational situation, and passions that overwhelm her/him, then homo symbolicus, defined as a social actor shaped by the culture of which s/he is surrounded, occupies the center of the stage.

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