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Bernard Mandeville ou la mauvaise conscience de l’économie politique

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  • Jean Cartelier

    (Université Paris Nanterre)

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: Au-delà des revendications contradictoires dont elle est l’objet, condamnée à son époque, déformée et refoulée ensuite, la Fable des abeilles est encore plus pertinente aujourd’hui que lors de sa publication. La thèse soutenue ici est que les deux actes fondateurs du discours économique moderne – l’émancipation progressive vis-à-vis de la morale à partir du 13ème siècle et de la politique fondé sur la théorie de la valeur à partir d’Adam Smith – sont invalidés, directement ou indirectement, par les apparents paradoxes exposés dans la Fable des abeilles. C’est dans ce double désaveu de l’économie politique, qui était encore à venir, que réside le caractère subversif de l’œuvre de Mandeville pour l’économiste d’aujourd’hui.

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  • Jean Cartelier, 2025. "Bernard Mandeville ou la mauvaise conscience de l’économie politique," The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, The Journal of Philosophical Economics, vol. 18(1), pages 27-73, Annual.
    • Handle: RePEc:bus:jphile:v:18:y:2025:i:1:n:2
    DOI: 10.46298/jpe.14808
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    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
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