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- Title: Homo Oeconomicus: The Rhetoric of Self-Interest in Nineteenth-Century German Psychology.
- Author : Nineteenth-Century Prose
- Release Date : January 22, 2005
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 213 KB
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This article examines the rhetorical makeup of the idea that humanity is self-interested. Specifically, the essay examines the shift from a neutral observation of self-interest to the positing of self-interest, that is, the shift from the idea of self-interest to a rhetoric of self-interest. It appears that the idea of self-interest may be as potent as it is, precisely because it cannot be refuted; it is always possible to inscribe a currency into other people's acts that make it seem that they are furthering their own interests. The first part of the paper deals with the general implications of observing self-interest; the second part offers Friedrich Eduard Beneke's psychology as a case study for the idea of self-interest into German psychology. I. Homo Oeconomicus