Irreparable ignorance, protean power, and economics

IF 2.2 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS International Theory Pub Date : 2020-08-13 DOI:10.1017/S1752971920000263

G. DeMartino, Ilene Grabel

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Abstract

Abstract The ongoing crisis in mainstream economics has opened the door to recognition of true uncertainty. Economists are increasingly embracing uncertainty and tracing its implications for responsible economic practice and policy design that foregrounds rather than dismisses the limits to knowledge. Protean Power (PP) promotes a similar shift in international relations. PP advances a key distinction between operational and radical uncertainty. We argue that a complementary and perhaps more productive way to theorize the epistemic insufficiency facing agents as they map and implement strategies is to distinguish between ‘reparable’ and ‘irreparable’ ignorance, which leads to ‘Hirschmanian’ pragmatism.

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不可救药的无知、多变的力量和经济学

摘要主流经济学中持续的危机为认识真正的不确定性打开了大门。经济学家越来越多地接受不确定性，并追踪其对负责任的经济实践和政策设计的影响，这些实践和政策强调而不是否定知识的局限性。Protean Power（PP）推动了国际关系的类似转变。PP提出了操作不确定性和根本不确定性之间的关键区别。我们认为，在制定和实施策略时，将代理人面临的认识不足理论化的一种补充的、也许更有效的方法是区分“可修复的”和“无法弥补的”无知，这导致了“赫希曼式”实用主义。

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International Theory Multiple-

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