standard is "history of economics" Sincerely yours Wilhelm Hohmann -- Antiquariat Hohmann Furtbachstr. 18 70178 Stuttgart +49/0 711 6572328 Fax 6572914 www.oeconomie.de Societies for the History of Economics <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 18 July 2011: > >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 >off-list to [log in to unmask] > >Kind regards, > >Floris