ArgumentThe article takes as its starting point the relationship of academic economists and the wider society. First, various bodies of literature that deal empirically with this matter are discussed: epistemologically, they range from a bold structuralism via a form of symbolic interactionism to a form of radical constructivism. A Bourdieusian approach is recommended to complement these perspectives with a comprehensive perspective that is sensible to the cultural differences between social groups. Starting from the established notions of field, capital and habitus, the article then attempts to go the initial steps towards formulating a theory of the specificity of academic economics, taking Germany as its example. For that it uses and compares in-depth interviews of recognized and non-recognized German economics students. It shows the thorough interweaving of specific normative and positive dispositions into a conviction of objectivity and disinterestedness. This exploratory empirical induction furthers follow-up questions, the empirical answering of which may help to gain a more complete understanding of the actions and thoughts of economists in their specific contexts.

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经济学的优越性和外部主义的经济学——草图

论点本文以学院派经济学家与更广泛社会的关系为出发点。首先，讨论了从经验上处理这个问题的各种文献：从认识论上讲，它们的范围从通过符号互动主义形式的大胆结构主义到激进建构主义形式。建议采用布迪厄的方法，以对社会群体之间的文化差异敏感的综合观点来补充这些观点。本文从既定的场域、资本和惯习概念出发，以德国为例，试图迈出形成学院派经济学特殊性理论的初步步骤。为此，它使用并比较了对认可和未认可的德国经济学学生的深度访谈。它显示了具体的规范性和积极性倾向与客观和无私的信念的彻底交织。这种探索性的经验归纳进一步推动了后续问题，对这些问题的经验回答可能有助于更全面地了解经济学家在其特定背景下的行为和思想。