Heterodox Economics as a Sociological Category

Year 2019, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 263 - 276, 30.08.2019

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https://doi.org/10.17153/oguiibf.426509

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The term of heterodox economics has been used to
state such thinkers as Veblen, Marx, Robinson, Sraffa –even sometimes Keynes
and Hayek- and such schools of thought as post-Keynesian economics, Marxist
economics, Sraffian (neo-Ricardian) economics, structalist economics,
institutional economics, social economics and evolutionary economics. Such
diverse thinkers and schools of thought are classified together because it’s accepted
that they either have some common concepts and ideas, or reject the orthodoxy
or mainstream of economics. But these definitions discuss heterodoxy in terms
of particular concepts and ideas or rejection of orthodoxy or mainstream
emphasise merely the intellectual aspect of heterodoxy and doesn’t represent
the changing structure of economics. The aim of this paper is to emphasise that
the heterodox economics is a sociological cathegory which has to be discussed
in the context of respect and influence, and determine why these thinkers of
schools of thought aforementioned are designated as heterodox.

Keywords

Heterodox Economics, Intellectual Definition, Sociological Definition

Sosyolojik Bir Kategori Olarak Heterodoks İktisat

Abstract

Günümüzde heterodoks iktisat terimi Veblen, Marx,
Robinson, Sraffa –hatta kimi zaman Keynes ve Hayek- gibi düşünürleri ve
post-Keynesyen iktisat, Marksist iktisat, Sraffacı (neo-Ricardocu) iktisat,
yapısalcı iktisat, kurumcu iktisat, sosyal iktisat ve evrimci iktisat gibi
düşünce okullarını ifade etmek üzere kullanılmaktadır. Bu denli farklı düşünür
veya düşünce okulunun bir arada sınıflandırmasının sebebi ise, belli müşterek
kavram ve fikirlere sahip olduklarının ya da iktisat disiplininin ortodoksisine
veya anaakımına karşı çıktıklarının kabul edilmesidir. Heterodoksiyi bu şekilde
belli kavram ve fikirler üzerinden veya ortodoksinin veya anaakımın
reddedilmesi üzerinden ele alan bu tanımlar heterodoksinin yalnızca entelektüel
veçhesine vurgu yapmakta ve iktisat disiplininin değişen yapısını
yansıtmamaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı ise, heterodoks iktisadın saygınlık ve
nüfuz ekseninde ele alınması gereken sosyolojik bir kategori olduğunu
vurgulamak ve sözü edilen düşünür ya da düşünce okullarının neden heterodoks
olarak nitelendirildiklerini tespit etmektir.

Keywords

Heterodoks İktisat, Entelektüel Tanım, Sosyolojik Tanım

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