History, Economics, Politics. On Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty First Century

• Authors: Tomasz Falkowski

Abstracts

EN

In my paper I try to analyze Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty‑First Century as a history book. Thus, the following questions have been posed: at the intersection of which streams, tends, and traditions of the contemporary historiography could one place Piketty’s oeuvre? What can be said of those elements of the book that can be labeled as historical epistemology: source work, conceptualization of the object of study, etc.? As an attempt to revive serial history, does it inherit the baggage of “misdeeds” against which the entire movement of cultural history rose up? What role does the concept of longue durée play in the book? The historical aspects of Piketty’s thought have the potential to spark controversy among professional historians, but it is one of its many virtues.

Keywords

EN

Piketty; capital; economic inequality; French historiography

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Historyka Studia Metodologiczne
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 51
• Issue: Spec. iss.
• Pages: 107-116

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Tomasz Falkowski

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań

• https://orcid.org/0000000247993594

Identifiers

DOI

10.24425/hsm.2021.138881

Biblioteka Nauki

20311965