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The Phenomenology of Homo Economicus
Sociological Theory ( IF 3.694 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0735275120904981 Galit Ailon 1
Sociological Theory ( IF 3.694 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-01 , DOI: 10.1177/0735275120904981 Galit Ailon 1
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Much has been written about the fictitious nature of the atomistic model of homo economicus. Nevertheless, this economic model of self-interest and egoism has become conventional wisdom in market societies. This article offers a phenomenological explanation for the model’s commonsensical grip. Building on the work of Alfred Schutz, I argue that a reliance on homo economicus as an interpretive scheme for making sense of the behavior of economic Others has the effect of reversing the meaning of signs and doubts that challenge the model’s assumptions. Moreover, it orients social action in ways that prevent the model’s interpretive incongruences from rising to the reflective fore. Consequently, an interpretive reliance on homo economicus creates a “phenomenological gridlock.” Alternative sources of information and alternative interpretive schemes can bypass this entrapment of the economic interaction, but this article further explains why the norms and cultural horizons of market society limit the accessibility of these alternatives, thus, in effect, sedimenting gridlocked experiences.
中文翻译:
经济人的现象学
关于同质经济原子模型的虚拟性质已有许多文献报道。尽管如此,这种自利和利己主义的经济模式已成为市场社会的传统观念。本文提供了该模型常识性抓地力的现象学解释。我以阿尔弗雷德·舒茨(Alfred Schutz)的工作为基础,认为依靠均等经济作为解释经济他人行为的解释性方案,具有扭转挑战模型假设的符号和疑问含义的作用。此外,它以防止模型的解释不一致升至反省的方式来定向社会行为。因此,对经济人的解释性依赖造成了“现象学僵局”。
更新日期:2020-03-01
中文翻译:
经济人的现象学
关于同质经济原子模型的虚拟性质已有许多文献报道。尽管如此,这种自利和利己主义的经济模式已成为市场社会的传统观念。本文提供了该模型常识性抓地力的现象学解释。我以阿尔弗雷德·舒茨(Alfred Schutz)的工作为基础,认为依靠均等经济作为解释经济他人行为的解释性方案,具有扭转挑战模型假设的符号和疑问含义的作用。此外,它以防止模型的解释不一致升至反省的方式来定向社会行为。因此,对经济人的解释性依赖造成了“现象学僵局”。