How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?

The paper analyses the social conditions of a disciplinary evolution and paradigmatic shift. It is based on the history of economics at the EHESS from 1948 to 2005. An analysis of the PhD committees database enables us to trace the importance and evolution of different economic paradigms within this...

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Main Author: Olivier Godechot
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Language:English
Published: Association Recherche & Régulation 2011-12-01
Series:Revue de la Régulation
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/9429
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description The paper analyses the social conditions of a disciplinary evolution and paradigmatic shift. It is based on the history of economics at the EHESS from 1948 to 2005. An analysis of the PhD committees database enables us to trace the importance and evolution of different economic paradigms within this institution. In the early eighties, the traditional interdisciplinary humanist economics was challenged by a new generation of neoclassical engineer-economists. Far from being a mere declination of a general trend in the discipline, this paradigmatic shift was largely contingent, resting on local context and the influence of a few key persons. The exhibition of international capital and the building of political alliances within the assembly were also key elements for the change and for the survival of the new lineage in a rather hostile environment.
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spelling doaj-art-67032c31dc83424cb879e04e47ceaf042025-01-30T14:26:23ZengAssociation Recherche & RégulationRevue de la Régulation1957-77962011-12-011010.4000/regulation.9429How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?Olivier GodechotThe paper analyses the social conditions of a disciplinary evolution and paradigmatic shift. It is based on the history of economics at the EHESS from 1948 to 2005. An analysis of the PhD committees database enables us to trace the importance and evolution of different economic paradigms within this institution. In the early eighties, the traditional interdisciplinary humanist economics was challenged by a new generation of neoclassical engineer-economists. Far from being a mere declination of a general trend in the discipline, this paradigmatic shift was largely contingent, resting on local context and the influence of a few key persons. The exhibition of international capital and the building of political alliances within the assembly were also key elements for the change and for the survival of the new lineage in a rather hostile environment.https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/9429neoclassical economicsheterodox economicshigher education institutionsFrance
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How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?
Revue de la Régulation
neoclassical economics
heterodox economics
higher education institutions
France
title How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?
title_full How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?
title_fullStr How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?
title_full_unstemmed How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?
title_short How Did the Neoclassical Paradigm Conquer a Multi-disciplinary Research Institution?
title_sort how did the neoclassical paradigm conquer a multi disciplinary research institution
topic neoclassical economics
heterodox economics
higher education institutions
France
url https://journals.openedition.org/regulation/9429
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