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Economics and religion: Globalization as the cause of secularization as viewed by Adam Smith
Alvey, James E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) March, pp. 249-267
Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in … history from a purportedly positive view, they have argued that “modernization” leads to a secular society. Recently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081264
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Knowledge, values and ideas: rethinking the notion of a social science
Armour, Leslie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) January, pp. 34-72
for the reunification of knowledge. Issues in economics, sociology, and anthropology are examined kin terms of detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676541
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The business of the inner life: economics, communication, consciousness and civilisation
Armour, Leslie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 5/6/7, pp. 476-505
Communication systems are structured by economic forces which use them to optimise sales, and politicians who increasingly live by slogans and repeated sound bites. Both want people to act without much reflection, and may threaten to turn human beings into imitiations of the computers they use....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805041
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Human development and economic systems: a unitary approach
Sun, Li‐teh; O’Brien, John C.; Jiang, Qi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 5/6/7, pp. 526-561
conducive to spiritual development. Thus, what is needed for further development of the human race is a unitary economics that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805043
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Adam Smith’s modes of social organization
Elliott, John E.; Peters, John E.; Motamedi, Farideh - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 5/6/7, pp. 591-599
In this paper, we analyze power in five modes of social organization, as can be found in Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Specifically, we analyze Smith’s presentations of pre‐capital accumulation and private appropriation of land; feudalism; a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805046
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Perceived societal values of Indian managers
Pearson, C.A.L.; Chatterjee, S.R. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 4, pp. 368-379
Societal values are emerging as critical variables in providing context relevance to extending international management research. A hallmark of the 1990s was the widespread adoption of market cultures in Asian nations that embraced large‐scale reform and restructuring. These programmes brought...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805047
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A country and/or international organisation faced with a big disequilibrium
Rugina, Anghel N. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 1/2, pp. 19-67
self‐regulating mechanisms needed for a free, just and stable economy and society: reform of officially organized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805049
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Knowledge, values and ideas: rethinking the notion of a social science
Armour, Leslie - In: International Journal of Social Economics 30 (2003) 1/2, pp. 34-72
for the reunification of knowledge. Issues in economics, sociology, and anthropology are examined kin terms of detailed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805112
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Economics and religion
Alvey, James E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) 3, pp. 249-267
Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in … history from a purportedly positive view, they have argued that “modernization” leads to a secular society. Recently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805265
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The idea of natural law and the moral content of economics
Riha, Tomas J. F. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 25 (1998) 10, pp. 1520-1551
contents of economics. Asks the reader to ponder some of the perennial questions such as: What is primary, ego or social … the individual alone or in the social whole? Is society a synthesis of individuals, or does it contain something more than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014806234