{"title":"Albert O. Hirschman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert O. Hirschman nasceu em 1915 em Berlim. Chegou aos Estados Unidos em 1941 como bolsista da Fundação Rockefeller e lecionou nas universidades de Yale, Columbia e Harvard. Integra o Instituto de Estudos Avançados da Universidade de Princeton. É autor de \u003cem\u003eSaída, voz e lealdade\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eA retórica da intransigência\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAuto-subversão\u003c\/em\u003e e \u003cem\u003eThe Strategy of Economic Development\u003c\/em\u003e, entre outras obras. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"as-paixoes-e-os-interesses","title":"Passions and interests","description":"\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassions and Interests\u003c\/em\u003e is a classic of economic thought that deals with the history of ideas in capitalist society and its ideological foundations in an original and transdisciplinary way.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e For Albert O. Hirschman, the history of economic thought is based on the belief that capitalism awakens certain benign tendencies in humankind at the expense of some malignant ones. Inspired by Montesquieu's argument, which associated passions with people's evil, while at the same time having an \"interest in not being so,\" Hirschman presents \u003cem\u003ein *The Passions and Interests\u003c\/em\u003e * an original and transdisciplinary analysis that transcends economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWhen dealing with the history of ideas in capitalist society, the author shows us the ideological foundations of capitalism in an innovative way, despite the fact that its basic concepts date back more than two hundred years. To illustrate his complex array of ideas, Hirschman visits classical images, such as that of Mephisto in Goethe's Faust, when he defines himself as \"a portion of that force which always determines evil and always produces good.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Hirschman offers a new interpretation of the rise of capitalism, emphasizing the continuities between the old and the new, in contrast to the hypothesis of abrupt rupture, characteristic of both Marxist and Weberian thought. To portray this slow ideological shift as an endogenous process, Hirschman draws on the works of several thinkers, notably Sir James Steuart and Adam Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eUnlike important works such as \u003cem\u003e*The Strategy of Economic Development*,\u003c\/em\u003e which Hirschman used to challenge various theories of economic equilibrium, this essay, according to the author himself, does not intend to contradict any particular intellectual thesis. \u003cem\u003ePassions and interests\u003c\/em\u003e have the quality of not opposing any set of thought, but of developing freely and, above all, independently.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159410950396,"sku":"9788501057846","price":44.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/d68a3929745f69f33a298c630b87ea5a_8c1ca8dd-f3e8-47a5-9783-6c2a97c1795e.jpg?v=1778325515"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/albert-o-hirschman.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}