Piketty and Political Epistemology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6252104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel Kuehn (0000-0002-2455-4126, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 203-223 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913811.2016.1194592 |
| OpenAlex | W2469433458 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
Although Thomas Piketty is largely known for his recent empirical contributions to the study of inequality, his work on epistemology has been substantial. It remains relatively unreferenced in the political epistemology literature both because it has been overshadowed by his work on inequality and because it was written for an audience of economists rather than political scientists. Piketty’s work on these themes can be divided into analyses of political belief formation and analyses of the epistemic properties of democratic institutions. Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Piketty’s recent book, also reflects his long-standing interest in epistemological questions. The major epistemic claim of that book is that political knowledge is an endogenous phenomenon: policy generates new knowledge over the course of its administration. One of the benefits of the primary policy proposal of Capital, the global wealth tax, is that it will generate new knowledge about wealth inequality
Capital (architecture · Democracy · Economics · Epistemology · Inequality · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Work (physics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Philosophy · Social Policy and Reform Studies
The administrative state
The Hidden Wealth of Nations
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
Social Mobility and Redistributive Politics
Voting over income tax schedules
Democratic Reason
Collective Wisdom
Rational Choice and Democratic Deliberation
Democracy for Realists
A Rational Theory of the Size of Government
Introduction
Public ignorance and democratic theory
Self-Interest and Public Interest
Democratic competence in normative and positive theory
Voter ignorance and the democratic ideal
Ignorance as a Starting Point
A Crisis of Politics, Not Economics
Yes, We Can (Make It Up on Volume)
The “Mirage” of Social Justice
Knowledge about ignorance
Deliberative Trouble? Why Groups Go to Extremes
Racial Reorganization and the United States Census 1850-1930
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |