The Sociology of Economic Knowledge

Bibliographic Data

ID2397984
AuthorsPhilippe Steiner (0000-0002-0476-6527, CHARLES DE GAULLE UNIVERSITY, LILLE, FRANCE, corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume4
Issue4
Pages443-458
Publication date2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13684310122225253
OpenAlexW2155845658
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited30

Economic knowledge is an important element of modern society and an important topic for sociologists interested in the reflexive dimensions of social life. However, economic knowledge cannot be reduced to economic theory; following a Weberian approach, this article distinguishes between economic theory (either formally rational or materially rational), material economic thought and popular economic representations. The article then examines how economic knowledge affects economic behaviour; and finally, it considers the cultural dimension of economic knowledge when 'calculative agencies' help actors to implement formal economic theory

Classical economics · Dimension (graph theory · Economic analysis · Economic problem · Economic sociology · Economic Thought · Economics · Epistemology · Neoclassical economics · Positive economics · Rational choice theory (criminology · Reflexivity · Social science · Sociology · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub