Retorika ekonomije: pojam, značenje i kritike

master's thesis

• Title (english): The rhetoric of economics: meanings. significange and critics
• Author: Luka Korade
• Mentor: Mirjana Dragičević (mentor)
• Committee member: Vladimir Čavrak (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Valentina Vučković (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Economics and Business; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2015-09-29, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; General Economy

Abstract

Retorika ekonomije je dio šireg pravca u metodologiji znanosti, studija znanstvene
retorike. Počiva na postmodernom pristupu metodološkim problemima, pružajući način
promišljanja rada ekonomista iz perspektive analize ekonomskog diskursa. Deirdre
McCLoskey i Arjo Klamer su započeli sa literarnom kritikom ekonomskog jezika, te njegove
relacije sa praksom i ciljevima znanstvenih zajednica kojima je upućen. McCloskey je
producirala niz analiza iz kojih je zaključila da ono što uvjerava ekonomiste nisu empirijska
testiranja ili uspješne predikcije, već svari koje formalna metodologija ne uzima u obzir,
poput matematičke virtuoznosti, argumenata iz analogije, simetrije, itd. Važnost retoričke
analize je naglasio i Klamer, koji je pošao od niza intervjua, otkrivajući kako ekonomisti
razumiju vlastiti rad kada pričaju na neformalni način. I njegovi su zaključci slični, teoretska
neslaganja ne proizlaze iz empirijskih dokaza. Na kraju, većina ovih istraživanja vodi do
etičkih pitanja, diskusije o načinu na koji se ekonomsko znanja shvaća i proizvodi.

Abstract (english)

Rhetoric of economics is part of a wider current in scientific methodology, the study
of rhetoric in science. It follows naturally from post-modernist approach to methodological
issues, for analysing economics discourse provides a way to think about what economists are
doing without passing judgement on it. These concerns have led Deirdre McCloskey and
Arjo Klamer into literary criticism as a perspective from which to view economics. They have
looked at language use in relation to authors’ purposes and the reading practices of the
communities they are addressing. McCloskey produced a series of brilliant case studies from
which she drew the conclusion that what persuaded economists was not empirical testing or
successful prediction, but things that no explicit methodology took into account: mathematical
virtuosity, arguments by analogy, symmetry and so on. The importance of analysing
economists’ rhetoric was also stressed by Klamer, who started with a series of interviews,
finding out how economists saw their work when talking about it in a more informal way. His
conclusion, however, was similar. Theoretical disagreements were not settled by
accumulating empirical evidence. At the end, much of this research lead into a discussion of
the values held by economists, and of the way economic knowledge is created and conceived.

• Keywords: retorika ekonomije; metodologija; Deirdre McCloskey; Arjo Klamer; postmodernizam
• Keywords (english): rhetoric of economics; methodology; Deirdre McCloskey; Arjo Klamer; postmodernism
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:148:192227
• Study programme: Title: Economics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra ekonomije (magistar/magistra ekonomije)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Created on: 2016-11-21 16:55:14