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Jul
31
2009
Foucault on economists?Published in world view, society, psychology, philosophy, financial crisis, fiction, epistemology, economics, dissent by Tuomas Kuronen | Comment (0)Ok, this might be a long shot, but I'll let it go anyway. After a long weekend of homo oeconomicus -bashing at Philosophy of Management conference, I could not but read Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization with the same glasses on. Naturally, he discusses madness (which is far from economics), quoting Louis-Sébastien Mercier:
Feb
13
2009
The language questionPublished in society, political, policy, national interests, language, institutions, governance, EU, communication, academic research by Tuomas Kuronen | Comment (0)Auguste Comte memorial lecture was given today by Prof. Philippe Van Parijs. The topic was interestingly ‘European Democracy and the Language Question'. Despite democracy being interesting and all, what appeared to me to be the most striking insight of his talk was the whole discussion around European Union, unified (political) decision-making bodies and the apparent question of lingua franca. Van Parijs is also originally from Belgium, a country struggling with severe problems of identity, language and governance, so he also has some additional weight in his words.
Dec
04
2008
Adaptation of strategies to society - case financial services industryPublished in the USA, strategy, society, policy, institutions, Finland, financial services industry, consumers, Blog by Jaakko Aspara | Comment (1)An interesting question to GloStra is how firms can or should adapt their strategies according to the societies in which they operate. |
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