Oikonomia

Ancient Greek Philosophers on the Meaning of Economic Life

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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A detailed analysis of oikonomia, an underexplored branch of knowledge in ancient Greek philosophy. In this book, Étienne Helmer offers a comprehensive analysis of oikonomia in ancient Greek philosophy. Despite its similarity to the word “economy,” for the ancients, oikonomia named a branch of knowledge—the science of management—that was aimed at studying the practices we engage in to satisfy our needs. This began with the domestic sphere, but it radiated outward from the oikos (house) to encompass broader issues in the polis (city) as well. Helmer explores topics such as gender roles and marriage, property and the household, the acquisition and preservation of material goods, and how Greek philosophers addressed the issue of slavery in the ancient world. Even if we are not likely to share many of ancient thinkers’ beliefs today, Helmer shows that there was once a way of thinking of “economic life” that went beyond the mere accumulation of wealth, representing a key point of departure for understanding how to inhabit the world with others.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-05-08
Mått:140 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:176
Förlag:The University of Chicago Press
ISBN:9780226827346
Översättare:David A. Auerbach

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Étienne Helmer is professor of philosophy at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras. David A. Auerbach has been a translator and editor for more than twenty-five years. He is a professor in the Graduate Program in Translation at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras.

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“This is a thoughtful and original exploration that rehabilitates Greek economic expertise as a branch of philosophical inquiry as well as practice. Arguing that ancient Greek economic life was focused on conserving and preserving—a part of guardianship in Plato, in fact, but equally central to Xenophon—Helmer traces the dynamic interplay between politics, ethics, and economics across a wide range of Greek texts in a profoundly instructive way.”

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart I Oikonomia as Knowledge1 Oikonomia versus Economics2 What Kind of Knowledge Is Oikonomia?Part II Organizing Human Beings3 Marriage, Household, and Community4 Masters and the Enslaved in the OikosPart III Putting Things in Their Place5 Acquisition and Wealth6 Preservation and Balance7 Self-Sufficiency and the Science of Proper UseConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex locorumIndex