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SUMMARY:Political engagement\, profession and socialist economics in fin-d
 e-siècle Europe - Massimo Asta (University of Cambridge / IHC - NOVA FCSH
 )
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CONTACT:Dr AM Price
DESCRIPTION:Massimo is a historian of modern and contemporary European his
 tory\, with a particular focus on twentieth century France\, United Kingdo
 m and Italy. His research interests include history of economic thought\, 
 intellectuals\, labour history and left politics. This paper will present 
 some preliminary results of his current research on the relationship betwe
 en leftist political engagement\, academic profession\, and economic ideas
  in Italy\, France\, German speaking countries and in the UK. He will focu
 s on the prosopography of the first cohort of economists born between the 
 1840s and the 1860s\, who were engaged in the socialist movement and advoc
 ated socialist economics during the last two decades of the 19th century. 
 The purpose is to analyse the multiple relations and tensions between acti
 vist sphere and academic sphere during a historical conjuncture in which b
 oth the rise of the labour movement and the spread of the socialist econom
 ic thought occurred. Massiomo will argue that the study of the trajectorie
 s of these economists is essential to rediscover a "school" of economic th
 ought which was characterized by a marked lack of doctrinal unity since it
 s inception.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 3\, Cripps Court\, Magdalene College
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