INVESTIGADORES
PIQUE Maria Del Pilar
artículos
Título:
Ernst Cassirer?s Philosophy of Culture: An Economic Assessment of Scope and Limitations
Autor/es:
PILAR PIQUÉ
Revista:
FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
Editorial:
SPRINGER
Referencias:
Lugar: Berlin; Año: 2021
ISSN:
1233-1821
Resumen:
Cassirer?s philosophy of culture has been examined through various disciplines. Until now, however, no such assessment has taken place within the field of economics. In this paper, I attempt to develop this unexplored task through the economic concepts of commodity, money, capital, and culture. I argue that these concepts can help to draw an updated concept of capitalism and power relations created through capitalist planning. I also claim that these concepts can contribute to understanding the historical specificity of capitalist culture, by understanding it as an historical process of social production. I conclude that these concepts are able to defy Cassirer?s view of capitalism as a system in which economic prosperity and political liberty could be achieved in a universal manner. Finally, I demonstrate that these concepts can shed light on Cassirer?s failed quest to find a coherent universal culture within capitalism.
