Some Historiographical Tools for the Study of Intellectual Legacies

François Allisson and Antoine Missemer
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François Allisson: Centre Walras-Pareto - UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne

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Abstract: Intellectual legacies are part of historians' concerns, when they study the evolution of ideas. There are, however, no guidelines to help characterize the reception of intellectual legacies. This article provides preliminary tools to fill this gap, with a typology (faithful, formal, substantial legacies), and with two criteria to assess the conformity between the heir's and her inspirer's proposals. The objective is not to judge the legitimacy of this or that reception, but to facilitate its characterization, for a better understanding of the transmission of ideas. One case study from the history of economic thought, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomics and its legacies, is provided to illustrate the operability of the toolbox.

Keywords: intellectual legacy; historiography; economic thought; Georgescu-Roegen; bioeconomics; ecological economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Published in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 2020, 84, pp.132-141. ⟨10.1016/j.shpsa.2020.09.004⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2020.09.004

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