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Inquiry into Scarcity: How Modernity Acted for Equality Limitations

Descrizione del progetto

Uno sguardo più attento all’impatto della scarsità sulla governance moderna

Nelle democrazie moderne incombe lo spettro della scarsità, il che detta le decisioni dei governi e le politiche economiche. Il concetto di scarsità, con le sue implicazioni di rarità, mancanza e distribuzione ineguale delle risorse, ha consolidato una disuguaglianza sistemica; nonostante la sua profonda influenza, esso è tuttora approfondito inadeguatamente nel discorso filosofico-politico. Sostenuto dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto ISHMAEL analizzerà il quadro epistemico del ruolo svolto dalla scarsità nel plasmare le scelte di economia politica e di governance. Attraverso una miscela innovativa di Begriffsgeschichte tedesca, analisi foucaultiana e filosofia sociale, ISHMAEL si prefigge di svelare la semantica storica della scarsità, ridefinendone l’impatto sulla società contemporanea.

Obiettivo

ISHMAEL intends to explore the impact of scarcity as a pivotal concept for government choices in the genesis of political economy, and to define its current use in contemporary political-philosophical arguments on economic choices.

The general hypothesis is that the concept of scarcity and its semantics (notions such as rarity, lack, poverty) have been fundamental in shaping the social practices used by political economy as a discipline born as a science of government in the 18th century. This frame led to the establishment of a contemporary economic-political model that made inequality a systematic form of social living, as it does not focus on the regulation of resource competition or the just distribution of wealth, but on the constant vigilance in maintaining the ratio of scarcity within society, i.e. unequal access to resources (food, economic, cultural).

The aim is to shed new light on the epistemic frame underlying the political governance choices of modern democracies, thereby raising awareness about social policies based on the logic of increasing precariousness and competition for scarce resources. The framework of the concept of scarcity and its epistemic implications have not yet been thoroughly explored through a philosophical-political perspective that considers the history and logic of the development of political economy. Moreover, there is still no rigorous philosophical-political and historical conceptual study focusing on the use of scarcity as a pivotal notion in political governance and political economy as they are understood today.

ISHMAEL’s methodology will be an original interweaving of German Begriffsgeschichte, Foucauldian analysis, Critique of legal devices and Social philosophy. In so doing, it will be possible to analyse the historical semantics of the concepts at stake, highlighting their contingency and nature as social constructs, while defining the epistemic structure in which they were produced and ideologically exploited.

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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships

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ECOLE DES HAUTES ETUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 195 914,88
Indirizzo
54 BD RASPAIL
75270 Paris
Francia
Regione
Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Paris
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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