standard is "history of economics"

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wrote on 18 July 2011:
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>Dear Colleagues,
>
>Schumpeter labels the historical method of Epochen der Dogmen- und
>Methodengeschichte (1914) and History of Economic Analysis (1954)
>Dogmengeschichte. I'm not really sure how to translate this into English, doctrinal
>history perhaps? The English translation of the first book solves the matter as:
>Economic Doctrine and Method, an historical sketch (1954). Mark Blaug's Economic
>theory in retrospect (1997) understands it as dogmatic 'positivism.' Would anyone
>know if a standard English translation exists for Dogmengeschichte?
>
>More importantly, would anyone know of an (historical) analysis of this use and
>understanding of history? Schumpeter spends a few words defending the history of
>economics in the first few pages of History of Economic Analysis, but doesn't elaborate
>on how his approach compares to other historiographies. Moreover, earlier books
>mentioned in Epochen as well as historical approaches of Dutch economists in the
>nineteenth century (which is what brought me to it in the first place) suggests it goes
>back further, and suggests also it defies the usual distinction between relativist and
>absolutist historical analysis.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated and may be sent either via the SHOE list or
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>Kind regards,
>
>Floris