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Eidos
Print version ISSN 1692-8857On-line version ISSN 2011-7477
Abstract
SALDARRIAGA MADRIGAL, Andrés Eduardo. The active subject: Political anthropology in Amartya Sen. Eidos [online]. 2010, n.13, pp.54-75. ISSN 1692-8857.
The paper presents Amartya Sen's critique of the anthropological model that underlies the conception of neoclassical economics (especially in its utilitarian and rational choice versions), in order to present the conception of subject offered by the abilities approach and then the notion of development as freedom.
Keywords : Utilitarianism; rational election; abilities; operations; development; political anthropology; subject.