Our modern observation-based approaches to the study of the human condition were shaped by the Scottish Enlightenment. Political Economy emerged as a discipline of its own in the nineteenth century, then fragmented further around the dawn of the twentieth century. Today, we see Political Economy’s pieces being reassembled and reunited with their philosophical roots. This issue pauses to reflect on the history of this new but also old field of study.

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政治经济的起源

我们现代基于观察的人类状况研究方法是由苏格兰启蒙运动塑造的。政治经济学在 19 世纪作为一门学科出现，然后在 20 世纪初进一步分裂。今天，我们看到政治经济学的作品被重新组合并与它们的哲学根源重新结合。这个问题停下来反思这个新的但也是旧的研究领域的历史。