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COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
cod. 19657

Academic year 2008/09
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Storia del pensiero economico (SECS-P/04)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
hub: PARMA
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Learning objectives

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<p>Through the reading of an anthology of classical works, reconstructing and comparing the way of dealing with economic subjects typical of great cultural traditions.</p>

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Course unit content

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<p>I. Visions</p>
<p>1. Natural Societies.</p>
<p>2. The East: Gandhi's Hinduism; Confucius's China; the Islam Revival.</p>
<p>3. The West: Catholicism; Protestantism; Orthodox Churches.</p>
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<p>II. Theories.</p>
<p>1. The English Tradition: R. Cantillon; A. Smith; A. Marshall; F. Y. Edgeworth; J. M. Keynes.</p>
<p>2. French Characters: F. Quesnay; J. B. Say.</p>
<p>3. Marxism: K. Marx; F. Engels.</p>
<p>4. Italian Roots: B. Davanzati; G. Toniolo.</p>
<p> 5. German Historicism: M. Weber.</p>
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Bibliography

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1) Marco Bianchini, <em>La parola e la merce</em>, Diabasis Università<em>, </em>preprint, Reggio Emilia 2005: chapter  Two and pp. 25-50; 91-95; 190-218; 2) Marco Bianchini<em>, Il cristianesimo e le rivoluzioni </em>industriali, going to be published; 3) an Anthology of selected papers.</p>
<p>The three texts can be found at the Photocopy Service of the Faculty of Economics.     </p>

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