Economics and Art Theory 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Repapis, Constantinos, Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Taylor and Francis Ltd Economics and Art Theory 1st Edition 2022 Hardbound by Repapis, Constantinos

Drawing on an interdisciplinary panel of contributors, this book presents a stimulating dialogue between economics and art theory and considers how this might aid our understanding of both areas of research._x000D__x000D_The collection explores themes which both fields share, including rationality, abstraction and model building, the nature of social reality, representation and transformation. The contributions employ a broad range of methods to investigate the links between economics and art, and their coverage includes architecture, history of ideas, art theory, literature studies and beyond._x000D__x000D_This innovative volume will be of interest to advanced students and scholars of economic theory, cultural economics, literary and art theory and it intends to be a starting point for new avenues of interdisciplinary research._x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ Acknowledgements_x000D_ _x000D_ List of contributors_x000D_ _x000D_ Foreword by Louise Braddock_x000D_ _x000D_ Introduction_x000D_ _x000D_ Stratos Myrogiannis and Constantinos Repapis_x000D_ _x000D_ Part I_x000D_ _x000D_ Economics, Literature and Representation_x000D_ _x000D_ 1 Economic thought and novels: What can we expect from the economy?_x000D_ _x000D_ Claire Pignol_x000D_ _x000D_ 2 Men of Feeling: Sympathy, Imagination and the Value of Interdisciplinary Exchange_x000D_ _x000D_ Foteini Lika_x000D_ _x000D_ 3 Adamantios Koraes and his tropics of discourse: Art, Science and Economics as therapeutic debts_x000D_ _x000D_ Stratos Myrogiannis_x000D_ _x000D_ Part II_x000D_ _x000D_ Economics, Visual Arts and Abstractions_x000D_ _x000D_ 4 Economy, efficiency and the promenade deck: Thoughts on the history of architectural theory_x000D_ _x000D_ Stravros Alifragkis_x000D_ _x000D_ 5 Resemblances and Disjunctions: Art, Mathematics and Economic Models_x000D_ _x000D_ Ragupathy Venkatachalam_x000D_ _x000D_ 6 Fragments, Spolia and Economic Texts_x000D_ _x000D_ Constantinos Repapis_x000D_ _x000D_ Part III_x000D_ _x000D_ Reflections on Economics, Society and Art_x000D_ _x000D_ 7 Art as Experience: The Aesthetic Dimensions of Meta-Economic Concerns in E. F. Schumacher's Work_x000D_ _x000D_ Sarath Jakka_x000D_ _x000D_ 8 "Man, the Prisoner of Logic": Towards an Optics of Equanimity_x000D_ _x000D_ Michael Uebel_x000D_ _x000D_ 9 Economics, the Plastic Arts and Social Transformation_x000D_ _x000D_ Sheila Dow_x000D_ _x000D_ Index_x000D_