Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lawson, Clive

Titel

Holism and Collectivism in the Work of J. R. Commons

Ist Teil von

• Journal of economic issues, 1996-12, Vol.30 (4), p.967-984

Ort / Verlag

Sacramento, Calif: Routledge

Erscheinungsjahr

1996

Quelle

BSC - Ebsco (Business Source Ultimate)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The work of J. R. Commons has acquired an important position in relation to recent writings in institutionalist economics. The negative interpretations of Commons' work are focused upon as as some form of holism or collectivism, interpretations that have been used by recent writers to define and defend their own concerns and methods. On closer inspection, it can be seen that Common's work is not a good example of the sort of conceptions of holism and collectivism that these writers have in mind and, more generally, bears little relation to these criticisms at all. However, the sorts of criticisms raised are not only prominent in the literature concerning Commons' work, but throughout the literature in which individualists consider alternative positions. Thus, in addition to identifying the quite clear discrepancies between these criticisms and Commons' actual writings, some attempt has been made to explain them.