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oapen-20.500.12657-900012024-04-23T02:22:56Z Foundations for a Humanitarian Economy Bishop, William D. progress;consumerism;market calculus;modern economy;Poetic-philosophic economy;self-sufficiency;human-centred economy;Boethius;Good Life;Philosophy’s Consolation;Timeless;Wandering;Theodicy;Follow;False Paths;Christine De Pisan;Menippean Satire;Ancient Greece;Outer Possessions;True Happiness;Balanced Soul;Book III;GNH;De Planctu Naturae;Yanis Varoufakis;Divine Foreknowledge;Supreme Good;Theodoric;Infinite Growth;Liberal Arts thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCA Economic theory and philosophy thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought::QDHA Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy The modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age. This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius’ writing and explores how Consolation offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. These economic considerations resonate with a range of heterodox economic perspectives, such as Ecological and Buddhist Economics. The fundamental revaluations gained through Boethius pose a critique of mainstream neoclassical and neoliberal economics: to consumerism, avarice, growth and technology fetishism, and market rationality. These economic foundations resonate into a time when global crises raise the question of fundamental human priorities, offering alternatives to an ever-expanding industrial market economy designed for profit, and helping to avoid irrevocable socio-ecological disasters. The issues raised and questioned in this book will be of significant interest to readers with concern for pluralist approaches to economics, philosophy, classics, ancient history and theology. 2024-04-22T09:42:52Z 2024-04-22T09:42:52Z 2022 book 9781003226093 9781032127583 9781032127620 9781000595123 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/90001 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781000595048.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003226093 10.4324/9781003226093 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 9781003226093 9781032127583 9781032127620 9781000595123 Routledge 97 open access
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The modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age.
This book discusses the historical and cultural contexts that influenced Boethius’ writing and explores how Consolation offers a radically different understanding of economic concepts: wealth from inner happiness and virtues, poverty from hoarding outer possessions, self-sufficiency in the greater whole, enlightenment through misfortune, and development as fruition from the Good. These economic considerations resonate with a range of heterodox economic perspectives, such as Ecological and Buddhist Economics. The fundamental revaluations gained through Boethius pose a critique of mainstream neoclassical and neoliberal economics: to consumerism, avarice, growth and technology fetishism, and market rationality. These economic foundations resonate into a time when global crises raise the question of fundamental human priorities, offering alternatives to an ever-expanding industrial market economy designed for profit, and helping to avoid irrevocable socio-ecological disasters.
The issues raised and questioned in this book will be of significant interest to readers with concern for pluralist approaches to economics, philosophy, classics, ancient history and theology.
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