Otto Neurath, a Pioneer of Ecological Economics? The Strange Relevance of Otto Neurath's Thought

Otto Neurath, précurseur de l’économie écologique ? L’étrange actualité de la pensée d’Otto Neurath

Jean-François Colomban ()
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Jean-François Colomban: UniCA - Université Côte d'Azur, EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales

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Abstract: The work of the Austrian socialist economist Otto Neurath has, after a century-long eclipse, recently experienced a resurgence of interest, particularly in the eyes of those who seek today to draw on the history of ideas for theoretical tools to help envision a just ecological transition. Neurath has thus been identified as one of the precursors of ecological economics and of the concept of ecological planning. However, very few studies have critically examined this identification, which remains debatable, if only because the issues Neurath's work addressed largely differ on some aspects from today's socio-ecological challenges. Furthermore, the central element of Neurath's work underpinning this identification -namely, "calculation in kind"- has not yet been the subject of a systematic and comprehensive analysis. This article aims to address both of these gaps and, as a result, to clarify the conditions under which Neurath's ideas might fruitfully be mobilized to confront our current socio-ecological issues.

Keywords: Calculation in Kind; History of Economic Thought; Ecological Planning; Ecological economics; socialist calculation debate; Otto Neurath; Histoire de la pensée économique; planification écologique; économie écologique; débat sur le calcul socialiste; calcul en nature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Revue de Philosophie Economique / Review of Economic Philosophy, inPress

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