Neo-classicism

However, Sime goes on to stress that the pursuit of synthetic elements brought together nuclear physicists and radiochemists in what may be called a neo-classical period of interdisciplinary research , after the relative independence of the 1920s. Collaboration was again essential to clarify the behavior of uranium under neutron... 

Here we see the crucial defect of the more rigorous neo-classical criticism it is too much occupied with technical details which do not really say very much about the quality of the work, but rather reveal the critic s attempts to claim an exclusive privilege in judgment, often based on very trivial details. Modern readers - and critics - are much more likely to sympathise with the ignorant fellows who applauded the tragedy because of its depiction of turbulent emotions. And, as it happens, we may note that Watson s Absolom is actually marked by tasteless rhetoric and monotonous versification ... 

Popular neo-classical theory Sidney and Clyomon and Clamydes... 

For the neo-classically inspired dramatic lament , see Wolfgang Clemen, English Tragedy Before Shakespeare The Development of Dramatic Speech, trans. T. S. Dorsch (London Methuen, 1961), 211-86. 

Plastic products made from virgin material are facing increased competition and a depletion of natural sources of raw material. Economists who are critical of classical and neo-classical economics state that an important element in any theory of economics is uncertainty [2], Plastics waste has become a recognised source of recycled material sales based on market uncertainty. 

Although Kemal s identification with Heredia s neo-Classicism may seem incompatible with his commitment to Baudelairean and Mallarmean symbolism, this contradiction can be understood in the context of the Ottoman Turkish poetics and language politics of the day. The traditions of Ottoman classical poetry had been transformed when the Western-influenced Young... 

Consider first the assumption that self-interest is the primary human motivation. While there is no denying that self-interest is an important motivator, so too are people s moral beliefs. This moral dimension is entirely overlooked by the neo-classical paradigm. To use Etzioni s examples,... 

Of course it is possible to assimilate the moral dimension into the dimension of self-interest by arguing that in cases such as the above it is in an individual s interest to avoid moral condemnation. But this is far from the spirit of the neo-classical paradigm. Moreover, to argue that it is in people s interest to act morally in order to satisfy their own consciences and win the approval of others expands the concept of self-interest to the point where it has no meaning. On this expanded definition, no matter what a person does, be it moral or immoral, selfish or altruistic, it can be said to be motivated by self-interest. Most importantly, in the present context, to expand the concept in this way is to obliterate the distinction between the market and regulatory approaches to public policy which is the very question at issue in this book. In short, to be able to talk sensibly about policy in this area requires that we maintain this distinction between moral and economic motivation. 

The second part of the critique of the neo-classical paradigm questions the assumption that people and firms make their decisions on a fully rational basis. As Etzioni points out, people brush their teeth but do not fasten their seat belts. . . they purchase costly, unsuitable life insurance and pay stock brokers for useless advice and so on (1988, p. xi). 

Our critique of the neo-classical paradigm leads therefore to the realisation that the key question from a policy point of view is how to get management s attention focussed on matters of OHS. This is the theoretical rationale for this book. 

Broadly conceived, this book is intended as an extended critique of economic rationalist thought as it applies in the area of OHS. We have seen that the assumptions of the neo-classical paradigm discussed in Chapter 2 do not apply with any consistency and that the paradigm fails to provide an adequate model on which to base OHS policy. Health and safety cannot be left to the market because so often safety does not pay. Nor is it enough for governments to construct economic incentives to encourage managements to attend... 

The model of market and corporate behaviour which is often assumed to underlie state regulation of economic life is the neo-classical one derived from economics. According to this view regulation is the natural opponent of the market. So in the absence of regulation it is assumed that there would be market competition, and that the market without regulation would be unrestrained (Abolafia, 1985 313 Colebatch, 1989). Regulation may therefore be seen as intervention to restrain competition either to make the market operate more efficiently (i.e. remedy market failure) or to prevent undesirable outcomes (i.e. welfare objectives). This model assumes that organizations are coherent, hierarchical, and... 

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