Announcement
Contributions
are requested for ECHE'97, whose broad theme will be the nature
and role of the canon in the history of economics. In both literary
and historical disciplines, the construction and role of the canon
has been the subject of much recent debate. In the humanities, for
example, the authority of the literary "classics" has
been challenged: both directly, through fresh, often politicised,
readings, and indirectly, through a shift towards the analysis of
previously marginalised literary forms. In the historical disciplines,
a traditional historiography centered on "the achievements
of great men" has given way to richer, more varied, perspectives,
feminist scholarship being but one of these. The history of economics,
however, has in many respects been unaffected by these changes,
with the canonical sequence of Smith, Ricardo, Marx etc. still constituting
the skeleton for most teaching and scholarly discussion.
Athens
will be an appropriate venue to ask questions about the canon and
authority in the history of economics. How is the canon formed and
perpetuated, interpreted and reinterpreted? Are there multiple canons?
What is the relationship between the canon and the way the history
of economics is written? Are there perspectives or historiographical
approaches that have been made difficult because of canonical authority?
Can these issues be approached in the same manner in the history
of economics as in literary criticism or history of science? For
the Conference, preference will be given to original historical
papers, but all contributions written with a conscious eye to the
larger theme will be considered.
In
order to accomodate the growing number of conference initiatives
at a European level, this year's ECHE will be on a reduced scale,
with the final size depending on the scope and quality of response.
The organising committee is comprised of J. L. Cardoso (Technical
Univ., Lisbon), A. Jolink (Erasmus Univ., Rotterdam), P. Fontaine
(Univ. Antilles, Guadeloupe), R. Leonard (Univ. Quebec, Montreal),
and M. Psalidopoulos (Panteion Univ., Athens). Proposals for papers,
accompanied by an abstract of roughly 250 words, or requests for
further information, should be directed to the address below. The
deadline for proposals is July 15, 1996.
Programme
FRIDAY,
April 18th
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9:00-10:00
am
Welcome and Plenary Session
Room 209 ("Glass" Building, 2nd
floor)
1.
Michalis PSALIDOPOULOS (Panteion University): Welcome to ECHE
97.
2. Esther-Mirjam SENT (University of Notre Dame): Engineering
Dynamic Economics.
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10:30-12:30
pm
Sessions
A1 and A2
Parallel Sessions will take place at Rooms
E1 and E12 respectively ("Yellow" Building, 5th
floor)
Session
A1: Assessing the History of Economics
Chair: Samuel HOLLANDER (University of Toronto)
1. Michel S.ZOUBOULAKIS (University of Thessaly): Understanding
the History of Economics: The Search for Criteria of Rational
Reconstruction.
2. Anastasios KARAYIANNIS (University of Pireaus): Selectivity
Criteria in the Historiography of Economics.
3. Karl-Heinz SCHMIDT (University of Paderborn): The Production
of Research on the History of Economics.
Discussants:
1.
Mauro BOIANOVSKY (University of Brasilia)
2. Thomas A.BOYLAN (University College Galway)
3. Marco E.L. GUIDI (University of Teramo and University of
Brescia)
Session
A2: The Canon and Postmodernism
Chair: Esther-Mirjam SENT (University of Notre Dame)
1. Albert AROUH (The American College of Greece): Canon and
Heresy: A religious metaphor for economics.
2. Stavros D.MAVROUDEAS (University of Macedonia): Deconstructing
the Canon: Political Economy and Post-Modernism.
3. Terrence McDONOUGH (University College Galway): Who blushes
at the Name: John Kells Ingram and Minor Literature.
Discussants:
1.
Albert JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
2. José Luis CARDOSO (Technical University of Lisbon)
3. Lefteris TSOULFIDIS (University of Macedonia)
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12:30-2:30
pm
Lunch Break |
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2:30-4:00
pm
Sessions B1 and B2
Session
B1: The Canonical Model of Growth
Chair: Antonio ALMODOVAR (University of Porto)
1. Terenzio MACCABELLI (University of Parma) : The "Canonical"
Model of Economic Growth in the Debate between Ricardo and
Malthus.
2. Samuel HOLLANDER (University of Toronto) : The Canonical
Classical Model of Growth: Content, Adherence and Priority.
Discussants:
1. Pedro Nuno TEXEIRA (University of Porto)
2. Laurence S.MOSS (Babson College)
Session
B2: Consumer Theory Reconsidered
Chair: Philippe FONTAINE (University of Antilles-Guyane)
1. Thomas A.BOYLAN / T.P.FOLEY (University College Galway)
: Firing the Canon? Reception Theory and Consumer Sovereignity.
2. Stavros DRAKOPOULOS (University of Athens) / Anastasios
KARAYIANNIS (University of Pireaus): Mainstream Consumer Theory:
Delay, Acceptance and History texts.
Discussants:
1. Esther-Mirjam SENT (University of Notre Dame)
2. Bert MOSSELMANS (Free University of Brussels
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4:30-6:00
pm
Sessions C1 and C2
Session
C1: Canonical Views in Mill and Jevons
Chair: Evert SCHOORL (University of Groningen)
1. Harro MAAS (University of Amsterdam): Mill's View on the
Causal Role of Motives.
2. Bert MOSSELMANS (Free University of Brussels): Cracking
the Canon: Jevons' Repudiation of the Classical Wages Fund
Theory.
Discussants:
1. Michel S. ZOUBOULAKIS (University of Thessaly)
2. Samuel HOLLANDER (University of Toronto)
Session
C2: Canonical Models of Economic Behaviour
Chair: Laurence S.MOSS (Babson College)
1. Jack VROMEN (Erasmus University Rotterdam and University
of Amsterdam): If Homo Oeconomicus Survived, who is he?
2. Arild SAETHER (European Institute of Public Administration,
Maastricht) / Bjorn SAETHER (Adger University College): Self-interest
as an Acceptable Mode of Human Behaviour.
Discussants:
1. Petros GEMTOS (University of Athens)
2. Philippe FONTAINE (University of Antilles-Guyane
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SATURDAY,
April 19th
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9:00-11:00
am
Sessions D1 and D2
Session
D1: The Canon and National Peculiarities I
Chair: Michalis PSALIDOPOULOS (Panteion University)
1. Marco E.L.GUIDI (University of Teramo): Nineteenth-century
Economic Liberalism: Questioning the Canon from a National
Viewpoint.
2. Antonio ALMODOVAR (University of Porto) / Jose Luis CARDOSO
(Technical University of Lisbon): Against the Canon: The Shaping
of Economic Discourse in the early 20th Century Portugal.
3. Richard ARENA (University of Nice): Birth and Death of
a Canonical School: The Example of French Liberal Economists
during the 19th Century.
Discussants:
1. Karl-Heinz SCHMIDT (University of Paderborn)
2. Niels KAERGAARD (The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural
University)
3. Michalis PSALIDOPOULOS (Panteion University)
Session
D2: Canon, Politics and Development
Chair: Pedro Nuno TEXEIRA (University of Porto)
1. Natalia A.MAKASHEVA (Institute of Scientific Information,
Moscow): From the Canonic Political Economy towards the Philosophy
of Economy: Sergey Bulgakov's Searching for a new Economic
World-Outlook.
2. Michalis HATZIPROKOPIOU / Kostas VELENTZAS (University
of Macedonia): Preobrazhensky and the Theory of Economic Development.
3. Erik S.REINERT (University of Oslo)/ Arno M.DAASTOEL (University
of Maastricht): The Other Canon: The History of the Immaterial
and Production-based Canon of Economic Theory.
Discussants:
1. Louis BAECK (Catholic University of Leuven)
2. Terrence McDONOUGH (University College Galway)
3. Maria-Eugenia MATA (New University of Lisbon)
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11:30-1:00
pm
Sessions E1 and E2
Session
E1: Path-Dependence and The Past
Chair: Jack J.VROMEN (Erasmus University Rotterdam and University
of Amsterdam)
1. Albert JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam): The Yellow
Brick Road: Constructing the Canon and Path-Dependence.
2. Phillippe FONTAINE (University of Antilles-Guyane): Who
is afraid of the past? Historians of Economics and Economic
Theorists on Altruism.
Discussants:
1. Arild SAETHER (European Institute of Public Administration)
2. Albert AROUH (The American College of Greece)
Session
E2: Pre-classical Canons
Chair: Maria-Eugenia MATA (New University of Lisbon)
1. Louis BAECK (Catholic University of Leuven): The Mediterranean
Trajectory of Aristotle's Economic Canon.
2. Thomas MOSER (University of Zurich): The Idea of Usury
in Patristic Literature.
Discussants:
1. Arno M. DAASTOEL (University of Maastricht)
2. Kepa M.ORMAZABAL (University of the Basque Country
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3:00-4:30
pm
Sessions F1 and F2
Session
F1: Canon and Keynesianism
Chair: Gilles DOSTALER (University of Quebec at Montreal)
1. Mauro BOIANOVSKY (University of Brasilia): In Search of
a Canonical History of Macroeconomics in the Interwar Period:
Haberler's «Prosperity and Depression» Revisited.
2. Rogerio ANDRADE (University College, London): The Agenda
of the Philosophical Keynesianism: Origins and Perspectives.
Discussants:
1. Guido ERREYGERS (University of Antwerp)
2. Peter ROSNER (University of Vienna)
Session
F2: Reconsidering the Smithian Canon
Chair: Marco E.L.GUIDI (University of Teramo)
1. J.PEIL (Catholic University of Nijmegen): Deconstructing
the Canonical View on Adam Smith: A new look at the Principles
of Economics.
2. Laurence S.MOSS (Babson College): No, we shouldn't Jettison
the Wealth of Nations from the Canon.
Discussants:
1. Evert SCHOORL (University of Groningen)
2. Antonio ALMODOVAR (University of Porto)
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5:00-6:30
pm: Sessions G1 and G2
Session
G1: Canon and National Peculiarities II
Chair: Niels KAERGAARD (The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural
University)
1. Henk PLASMEIJER / Evert SCHOORL (University of Groningen):
The Postwar Canon of Dutch Economists: A demand and supply
analysis.
2. Aiko IKEO (Kokugakuin University): The Study of the Existence
of General Equilibrium: A History as Viewed from Japan.
Discussants:
1. Harro MAAS (University of Amsterdam)
2. Stavros DRAKOPOULOS (University of Athens)
Session
G2: Classical Economics and the Canon
Chair: Terrence McDONOUGH (University College Galway)
1. Peter ROSNER (University of Vienna): In Defense of a Traditional
Canon: A Comparison of Ricardo and Rau.
2. Lefteris TSOULFIDIS (University of Macedonia): Ricardo
and Marx on the Transformation Problem.
Discussants:
1. Terenzio MACCABELLI (University of Parma)
2. Gilles DOSTALER (University of Quebec at Montreal)
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List
of participants
| Aiko
IKEO (Kokugakuin University) |
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Albert
JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
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| Albert
AROUH (The American College of Greece) |
| Anastasios
KARAYIANNIS (University of Piraeus) |
| Antonio
ALMODOVAR (University of Porto) |
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Arild
SAETHER (European Institute of Public Administration)
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| Arno
Mong DAASTOEL (Maastricht University) |
| Bert
MOSSELMANS (Free University of Brussels) |
| Bjorn
SAETHER (Agder University College) |
| Erik
S. REINERT (University of Oslo) |
| Esther-Mirjam
SENT (University of Notre Dame) |
| Evert
SCHOORL (University of Groningen) |
| Gilles
DOSTALER (University of Quebec at Montreal) |
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Guido
ERREYGERS (University of Antwerp)
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| Harro
MAAS (University of Amsterdam) |
| Henk
PLASMEIJER (University of Groningen) |
| J.PEIL
(Catholic University of Nijmegen) |
| Jack
J.VROMEN (Erasmus University Rotterdam (and University of Amsterdam)) |
| John
VINT (The Manchester Metropolitan University) |
| Jose
Luis CARDOSO (Technical University of Lisbon) |
| Karl-Heinz
SCHMIDT (University of Paderborn) |
| Kepa
M.ORMAZABAL (University of the Basque Country) |
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Kostas
VELENTZAS (University of Macedonia)
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| Kunio
NAKAKUBO (Himeji - Dokkyo - University) |
| Laurence
S.MOSS (Babson College) |
| Lefteris
TSOULFIDIS (University of Macedonia) |
| Louis
BAECK (Catholic University of Leuven) |
| Marco
E.L.GUIDI (University of Teramo) |
| Maria-Eugenia
ALMEIDA MATA (New University of Lisbon) |
| Mauro
BOIANOVSKY (University of Brasilia) |
| Menno
BROUWER (University of Zurich) |
| Michalis
HATZIPROKOPIOU (University of Macedonia) |
| Michel
S.ZOUBOULAKIS (University of Thessaly) |
| Natalia
A.MAKASHEVA (Institute of Scientific Information) |
| Niels
KAERGAARD (The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University) |
| Pedro
Nuno TEXEIRA (University of Porto) |
| Peter
ROSNER (University of Vienna) |
| Petros
GEMTOS (University of Athens) |
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Philippe
FONTAINE (University of Antilles-Guyane)
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Richard
ARENA (University of Nice)
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| Robert
LEONARD (University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM)) |
| Rogerio
ANDRADE (University College London) |
| Samuel
HOLLANDER (University of Toronto) |
| Stavros
D.MAVROUDEAS (University of Macedonia) |
| Stavros
DRAKOPOULOS (University of Athens) |
| T.P.
FOLEY (University College Galway) |
| Terenzio
MACCABELLI (University of Parma) |
| Terrence
McDONOUGH (University College Galway) |
| Thomas
A. BOYLAN (University College Galway) |
| Thomas
MOSER (Centre for Research of Economic Activity) |
Organising
Committee
J.
L. CARDOSO, Technical University, Lisbon
A. JOLINK, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
P. FONTAINE, University of Antilles, Guadeloupe
R. LEONARD, University of Quebec, Montreal
M. PSALIDOPOULOS, Panteion University, Athens
Publications
A selection
of papers presented at this conference was published in:
Psalidopoulos, Michalis (ed.), 2000. The Canon in the History
of Economics. Critical Essays. London and New York: Routledge.
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