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La función de la contabilidad. Una perspectiva socio-fenomenológica. (The role of accounting. A socio-phenomenological perspective)

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  • Cuenú Cabezas, Jairo Emiro

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El presente documento es un artículo de reflexión, que tiene como objetivo determinar la función de la contabilidad a partir de la sociología-fenomenológica del austriaco Alfred Schütz; el cual teoriza sobre el mundo de la vida cotidiana, explicando que existen tres clases de productos: los instrumentos, las marcas y las obras de arte. Desde Schütz, la contabilidad es un instrumento y una marca. Instrumento porque es útil para… y marca porque pretende recordar. Esto lo logró haciendo uso de la escritura y la arcilla, elementos que le permitieron manipular la memoria, ya que ésta no tiene la capacidad de recordar todas las acciones humanas. Con la sociología-fenomenológica, se determina que la contabilidad surgió por la poca capacidad de la memoria para recordar todas las acciones humanas realizadas por el hombre en el mundo de la vida cotidiana y en referencia a su zona económica de operación, zona que hace más de 6000 años, en Mesopotamia, había logrado un gran desarrollo con la acumulación, la concepción de la propiedad, la división del trabajo y los aspectos jurídicos; desarrollos que llevaron al hombre a dar orden a sus acciones y a lograr tener más y mejor información para el control; aspecto que logro con la contabilidad. En este orden de ideas en el artículo se determina que la contabilidad no surgió para suplir los fallos de la memoria, sino por la poca capacidad de la memoria para traer al presente todas las acciones humanas, especialmente las de carácter económico. (This document is an article from reflection, which aims to determine the role of the accounting from the sociology-phenomenological of the Austrian Alfred Schütz; which theorizes about the world of everyday life, explaining that there are three kinds of products: instruments, brands and works of art. From Schütz, the accounting is an instrument and a brand. Instrument because it is useful for... and marks because the man wants to remember. This achievement by making use of the writing and the clay, elements that allowed him to manipulate memory, since it has the ability to recall all human actions. With the sociology-phenomenological, determines that accounting arose by the limited capacity of memory to remember all human actions carried out by the man in the world of everyday life and in reference to his economic zone of operation, area which more than 6000 years ago, in Mesopotamia, had achieved a great development with the accumulation, the conception of property the division of labor and the legal aspects; developments that led to the man to order his actions and to achieve more and better information for the control; aspect that achievement with the accounting. In this order of ideas in the article, it is determined that the accounting did not arise to compensate for the failures of memory, but by the limited capacity of the memory for bringing to the present all human actions, especially those of an economic nature).

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  • Cuenú Cabezas, Jairo Emiro, 2013. "La función de la contabilidad. Una perspectiva socio-fenomenológica. (The role of accounting. A socio-phenomenological perspective)," De Computis "Revista Española de Historia de la Contabilidad". De Computis "Spanish Journal of Accounting History"., Asociación Española de Contabilidad y Administración de Empresas (AECA). Spanish Accounting and Business Administration Association., issue 18, pages 161-182, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:dec:articl:2013:161-182
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