Economía y biología. La decisiva influencia del naturalismo en la construcción teórica de la Economía Política

Abstract

In the present work we aim to outline a critical exploration centred on a problem that, like so many others, extends across the borders of philosophy and social science. It involves the corroboration of the notable influence exercised by certain naturalist elements in the construction of a discipline that was, ultimately, of key importance. To this effect, we maintain that the birth of the Political Economy was defined, in its establishment as a discipline, by theoretical and ideological feedback with other fields of knowledge that have closer links to natural science and, particularly, to all knowledge interwoven around evolutionary biology. We feel that the investigation into these processes of theoretical construction is of the upmost importance, provided we are talking about a discipline that always maintained a vital relevance to the provision of hegemonic interpretations of the social order.