Methodology of the Social Sciences, Ethics, and Economics in the Newer Historical School : From Max Weber and Rickert to Sombart and Rothacker /

The volume gives an exposition of the achievement and present relevance of the Newer Historical School of Economics and of the theory of the Humane Sciences that accompanied its development. It describes the methodology of economics and the social sciences, the economic ethics, and the theory of the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Koslowski, Peter
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.
Series:Studies in economic ethics and philosophy.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The volume gives an exposition of the achievement and present relevance of the Newer Historical School of Economics and of the theory of the Humane Sciences that accompanied its development. It describes the methodology of economics and the social sciences, the economic ethics, and the theory of the social and human sciences in the Historical School. It shows how its emphasis moved from an ethical economics or ethical economy to the methodology of the social and economic sciences. Together with the volume on the theory of ethical economy in the Older Historical School, the reader is provided with an encyclopedic description and analysis of the entire Historical School and of the German speaking tradition of economics and the social sciences in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 565 pages)
ISBN:9783642590955 (electronic bk.)
3642590950 (electronic bk.)
ISSN:2211-2707