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How to Shape Societies: Pufendorf on Organizing Individual Interests and Social Interaction

In: Samuel Pufendorf and the Emergence of Economics as a Social Science

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  • Hans A. Frambach

    (Universität Wuppertal)

Abstract

Samuel von Pufendorf, one of the most influential natural law theorists of the seventeenth century, contributed decisively to the conceptual foundations of the modern state with its specific tasks and responsibilities. He remains today an example of a profound and differentiated thinker who combined intellectual acuity with recommendations for action. Especially, his insights into decision-making mechanisms are, from a contemporary point of view, still of far-reaching significance. The article sees modern fields of application of Pufendorf’s thought as extending to socioeconomic problems of selfishness and the societal challenges of ever-increasing variety and heterogeneity. For this purpose, reference is made to models such as Amitai Etzioni’s “communitarian paradigm” and Ian Ayres and John Braithwaite’s “responsive regulation.”

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  • Hans A. Frambach, 2021. "How to Shape Societies: Pufendorf on Organizing Individual Interests and Social Interaction," The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, in: Jürgen G. Backhaus & Günther Chaloupek & Hans A. Frambach (ed.), Samuel Pufendorf and the Emergence of Economics as a Social Science, pages 143-157, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:euhchp:978-3-030-49791-0_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49791-0_6
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