The economic agent as protagonist of Economic History: Implications for the nature and method of the discipline
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Economic History is a relatively young discipline that tries to analyze economic events that took place in the past. Throughout its existence the use of new methodologies has motivated the reduction of its field of study.The present study aims to analyze, in the light of Economic Theory, the nature of the discipline in order to show how a more complete conception of its nature allows to conceive its field of study in a more global way and thereby expand its explanatory capacity. This analysis highlights the anthropological, epistemological and ethical implications that derive from considering it in this way.
In short, it is a question of fleeing from a scientific method that imposes a limit on the possibilities of knowledge that Economic History entails. Correctly defining the formal and material object of the discipline is fundamental to determine the most appropriate scientific method to achieve this end.
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