Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography
The Netflix series "Transatlantic" (which recounts his participation in a network that set up an escape route for Jews fleeing the Nazis) reminded me that his intellectual biography had already been on my "to read" list for a few years as well.
Alacevinch's book should not be seen as a substitute for Adelman's, but as a complement to it. As the title correctly emphasizes, the focus here is on the works of Hirschmand, and the author refers systematically to Adelman's book for the other aspects of his life.
Alacevich's book fills an important gap, and is an excellent introduction to the thoughts of an economist who also turned out to be that rare species, an all round social scientist. The book is at its best when it discusses Hirschman's own ideas.
However, I have mixed feelings about the discussion of the reactions to Hirshman's work . To Alacevich's credit, he faced a bit of a unsolvable dillemma here. If he had expanded the sections discussing other scholars' criticisms of Hirshman, the book would have become very long.
Albert O. Hirschman ( - )
Albert O. Hirschman served on the faculty of the School of Social Science from to His work contributed to the discussion around the economic reasons for the emergence of authoritarian regimes in Latin America in the sixties and seventies and for the return to democratic forms of governance in the eighties. His writing was path-breaking in many areas. His initial work on "unbalanced growth" was important for rethinking development theory; Exit, Voice and Loyalty provided a way of articulating individual and collective responses to a range of institutions from the family to the fall of the German Democratic Republic. He traced the contrast between "interests" and "passions" in the history of social thought from Machiavelli to Tocqueville. He also wrote on the principal forms taken by "reactionary" and "progressive" rhetoric over the past two centuries, demonstrating the powerful attraction exercised by certain invariant arguments. A biography by Princeton University historian Jeremy Adelman Worldly Philosopher, The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman, will be published in by Princeton University Press.
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Winner, Best Book Award, Italian Association for the History of Economic Thought
One of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman led an uncommonly dramatic life. After fleeing Nazi Germany as a youth, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, took part in antifascist activities in Italy, and organized an underground rescue operation in Marseille through which more than 2, people, including Marc Chagall, Arthur Koestler, and Hannah Arendt, escaped Europe. Hirschman moved across topics, methodologies, and disciplinary boundaries as fluidly as he did among countries and languages. His work is marked by a deep suspicion of all-encompassing theories, valuing instead doubt and a sensitivity to contingencies and unexpected consequences.
In this intellectual biography, the economic historian Michele Alacevich explores the development and trajectory of Hirschman’s characteristic approach to social-scientific questions. He traces the many strands of Hirschman’s thought and their place in his multifaceted body of work, considering their limitations as well as their strengths. Alacevich puts Hirschman’s ideas into context, following his participation
Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography
Albert O. Hirschman: An Intellectual Biography by Michele Alacevich was published in April by Columbia University Press:
"One of the most original social scientists of the twentieth century, Albert O. Hirschman led an uncommonly dramatic life. After fleeing Nazi Germany as a youth, he fought in the Spanish Civil War, took part in antifascist activities in Italy, and organized an underground rescue operation in Marseille through which more than 2, people, including Marc Chagall, Arthur Koestler, and Hannah Arendt, escaped Europe. Hirschman moved across topics, methodologies, and disciplinary boundaries as fluidly as he did among countries and languages. His work is marked by a deep suspicion of all-encompassing theories, valuing instead doubt and a sensitivity to contingencies and unexpected consequences.
"In this intellectual biography, the economic historian Michele Alacevich explores the development and trajectory of Hirschman’s characteristic approach to social-scientific questions. He traces the many strands of Hirschman’s thought and their place in his multifaceted body of work, considering their limitations as well as
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