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Sraffa’s and Wittgenstein’s Reciprocal Influences: Forms of Life and Snapshots

In: Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: Volume Three

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  • Richard Arena

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The purpose of this contribution is to investigate Sraffa’s and Wittgenstein’s reciprocal methodological and philosophical influences and to point out how they reveal the possibility of an interpretation of Sraffa’s contribution to economics which differs from the most usual ones. The second part of this chapter will discuss how it is possible to read Production of Commodities by means of Commodities (PCMC) as an attempt to build a classical version of the theory of general economic equilibrium. The third part will focus on the interpretation of Sraffa’s (1960) ‘long-period positions’. In the fourth part, the chapter will investigate the notions of ‘form of life’ and ‘language game’ in Wittgenstein’s post-Tractatus contributions, connecting them to some developments included in Sraffa’s Unpublished Manuscripts. The final part of this chapter compares these ideas with Sraffa’s contribution in terms of morphological and comparative analysis of the economic foundations of surplus-based societies.

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  • Richard Arena, 2013. "Sraffa’s and Wittgenstein’s Reciprocal Influences: Forms of Life and Snapshots," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Enrico Sergio Levrero & Antonella Palumbo & Antonella Stirati (ed.), Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: Volume Three, chapter 4, pages 84-105, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-31404-8_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137314048_5
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    Cited by:

    1. Cesaratto, Sergio, 2023. "Surplus Approach and Institutions: Where Sraffa Meets Polanyi," Centro Sraffa Working Papers CSWP61, Centro di Ricerche e Documentazione "Piero Sraffa", revised 02 May 2023.
    2. Sergio Cesaratto & Stefano Di Bucchianico, 2020. "The surplus approach, Polanyi and institutions in economic anthropology and archaeology," Department of Economics University of Siena 828, Department of Economics, University of Siena.

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