Economy and Morals. Normativity and Economic Practices in a long 20th century: Knowledge, Objects, Agency

经济与道德。

基本信息

批准号：
406936980
负责人：
Dr. Benjamin Möckel
金额：
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依托单位：
Abteilung Neuere Geschichte
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Scientific Networks
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2017-12-31 至 2021-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/406936980?language=en
关键词：
Economy Morals.Normativity Economic Practices

项目摘要

Economy and morality are often perceived as separate spheres or antipodes. The network wants to put into question this opposition. We interpret economic interaction as a form of social action that is intimately connected to changing social and moral norms. We do not understand morals and morality in a normative way. Instead, we propose to analyze the concept of morality from a historical perspective, and to apply it to the analysis of economic systems, discourses and practices. Our topics of research range from critiques of capitalism and alternative modes of consumption to praises of the free market. They include theoretical discourses as well as everyday interactions and embodied practices. The adjective "moral" is therefore not identical with "good". Instead, it refers to competing and historically dynamic arrangements of normative regimes that constitute the economy as a sphere of social interaction. The research agenda of the network contributes to three current and emerging fields: First, we contribute to the integration of social and cultural history, an aspiration that has often been called for, but so far has rarely been translated into empirical research. Secondly, we offer an innovative and interdisciplinary contribution to the research on business ethics of the last two decades. Thirdly, by using economy as its focal point, the network contributes to new research on the history of morality in the modern age. It will thereby contribute to the newly emerging field of moral history. In its conceptual approach, the network focuses on three central categories: "knowledge", "objects" and "agency". It aims at compiling an anthology of historical sources which reflect the multiple links between morality and economy in the long 20th century, adopting a transnational and European perspective. The anthology will analyze the changing characters and functions of economic morals up until today. Our central working hypothesis is that moral arguments are progressively interpreted within a global context. They tend to transcend local, regional and national frameworks, or may even refer to future generations. At the same time, this transposition of moral arguments into a transnational and global context brings about new moral conflicts, for example when debates about the welfare state or social inequality gain new currency on a national level and are explicitly framed in an anti-global rhetoric. We contend that these developments need to be investigated in a long-term historical perspective. The participants of the network will therefore analyze the contentious spatial, social and temporal extensions of economic morals from the late 19th century into the present.

经济和道德通常被视为单独的球体或反植物。该网络希望质疑这一反对派。我们将经济互动解释为一种与不断变化的社会和道德规范密切相关的社会行动形式。我们不以规范的方式理解道德和道德。取而代之的是，我们建议从历史的角度分析道德概念，并将其应用于经济体系，话语和实践的分析。我们的研究主题范围从资本主义的批评和替代消费方式到自由市场的赞美。它们包括理论话语以及日常的互动和具体的实践。因此，形容词的“道德”与“良好”并不相同。取而代之的是，它是指构成经济作为社会互动领域的规范性制度的竞争和历史性的安排。该网络的研究议程有助于三个当前和新兴领域：首先，我们为社会和文化历史的整合做出了贡献，这是经常需要的愿望，但到目前为止很少被转化为经验研究。其次，我们为过去二十年的商业道德研究提供了创新和跨学科的贡献。第三，通过将经济作为焦点，该网络有助于对现代道德历史的新研究。因此，它将为新兴的道德历史领域做出贡献。在其概念方法中，该网络着重于三个中心类别：“知识”，“对象”和“代理”。它旨在汇编历史资料的选集，这些选集反映了20世纪长期以来道德与经济之间的多种联系，采用了跨国和欧洲的观点。该选集将直到今天分析经济道德的不断变化的角色和功能。我们的核心工作假设是，道德论点在全球背景下逐渐解释。他们倾向于超越本地，地区和国家框架，甚至可能指的是子孙后代。同时，这种道德论点转换为跨国和全球环境的情况会带来新的道德冲突，例如，当关于福利国家或社会不平等的辩论在国家层面上获得了新的货币，并在反全球性言论中明确构建。我们认为，这些发展需要以长期的历史观点进行研究。因此，网络的参与者将分析从19世纪后期到现在的经济道德的有争议的空间，社会和时间扩展。