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The Richard Koebner Minerva Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in co-operation with the Resling Press in Tel Aviv, invites papers for the 5th (2012) issue of Tabur: Yearbook for European History, Society, Culture and Thought.
With the establishment of economics as an academic discipline, social
scientific thought was dominated by the perception of culture and the
economy as two distinct, if not mutually excluding, realms of human
activity. This dualistic thinking has been decisively challenged in recent
times. Both the increasing interest in the production of meaning at work
as represented by the growing importance of culture, creativity and
knowledge in the economy, as well as the growing awareness of the
constitutive role of discourses facilitated a new understanding of the
economic realm. Events like the collapses of the communist block, and the
more recent global economic crises further demonstrate that the economy
becomes a historical force only when it is encoded in culture and
interpreted in experience. Best substantiated in a new field of inquiry
called “cultural economy,” scholars from different disciplines and areas
of study are now seeking to develop a cultural theory of economics.
In particular, the 5th (2012) issue of Tabur invites pivotal and innovative papers engaging a cultural approach to
the economy both from a historical as well as contemporary perspective. We also encourage submission of papers dealing with the journal's general scope of interest, to be published in the general section of the yearbook.
Articles should be submitted in English or German (7000 words limit) no later than April 1, 2011, via email to Mr. Ohad Kohn at koebner.yearbook@gmail.com. Following a double-blind review, articles accepted for publication will be translated by Tabur and published in Hebrew, accompanied by an abstract in English.
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