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| Semester | Frühjahrsemester 2020 |
| Angebotsmuster | einmalig |
| Dozierende | Jacob Bjorheim (jacob.bjorheim@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn) |
| Inhalt | Welcome to our seminar. It focuses on the individual in economics, i.e. the “economic man”. From a historical perspective, economists have dramatically changed his/her character. In our seminar we will explore when, how and why this person was transformed from being a “moral man” in the 18th and 19th century to becoming a fictional “model man” and, most recently, a “neuro man”. On our historical journey, we will encounter and explore several important economic ideas and concepts that the economic man got himself involved in. I am thinking of, for example, the “invisible hand”, “impartial spectator”, “rational preferences and choice”, “markets”, “work”, “innovation”, “value judgments”, etc. Our analysis thereof will be informed by academic papers and essays that have appeared in economic, religious and philosophical journals. |
| Lernziele | Having actively participated in the seminar, students will be able to: a. Describe the historical development of the “economic man” and discuss fundamental economic concepts; b. Reproduce the most important economic, religious and philosophical questions arising from this development and concepts; c. Understand, present and discuss an economic, religious or philosophical academic paper. |
| Literatur | General background reading for information: Iyer, Sriya (2016): “The New Economics of Religion”, Journal of Economic Literature, 54(2), 395-441. Morgan, Mary S. (2006): “Economic Man as Model Man: Ideal Types, Idealization and Caricatures”, Journal of History of Economic Thought, 28(1), 1-27. During our weekly sessions, we read and discuss selected academic papers (tbd). |
| Bemerkungen | Bereich RWP (Religion, Wirtschaft, Politik) im M.A. Interreligious Studies |
| Unterrichtssprache | Deutsch |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | kein spezifischer Einsatz |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
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| Module |
Aufbaumodul (Teil D) (Transfakultäre Querschnittsprogramme im freien Kreditpunkte-Bereich) Modul: Religion, Gesellschaft, Staat (Masterstudium: Interreligious Studies) Modul: Religion, Ökonomie und Recht (Master Studienfach: Religionswissenschaft) Modul: Theologie im Kontext des Weltchristentums (Masterstudium: Theologie) Modul: Wirtschaft und Religion (Masterstudium: Religion - Wirtschaft - Politik) |
| Leistungsüberprüfung | Leistungsnachweis |
| Hinweise zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Active participation in the weekly sessions and one presentation of a selected academic paper. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Leistungsüberprüfung | Anmelden: Belegen; Abmelden: Dozierende |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | eine Wiederholung, bester Versuch zählt |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Wiederholtes Belegen | nicht wiederholbar |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Theologische Fakultät, studiendekanat-theol@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Zentr. Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik |