 Herbert Butterfield�s Historiographic Lesson and Contemporary History of EconomicsVeselina Atanasova ()
Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi, 2017, issue 2, 141-151 Abstract: The article concerns key-important moments of Herbert Butterfield�s historiographic methodology, whose work Whig Interpretation of History (1931) generalizes the negative understanding of the qualifications, associated with �whig�. It is argued that in the contemporary discussions in the history of economic thought/ history of economics Ross B. Emmett�s contra-whig historiographic conception corresponds to Butterfield�s views, advanced in this and other publications of his, on agents of progress, in�cluding progress in knowledge; whereas Samuelson�s whig historiographic stand - contrary to his pretension that it represents a particular/ non-classic/non-final, a better whig interpretation is actually restrictive and counterpro�ductive. The latter is embodied in the current mainstream economics. Keywords: whig historiography; Herbert Butterfield�s views on agents of progress; Paul Samuelson�s whig history of economic analysis; Ross B. Emmett�s contra-whig historiography of economics (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nwe:iisabg:y:2017:i:2:p:141-151 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Ikonomiceski i Sotsialni Alternativi from University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria Contact information at EDIRC. |
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