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100	1	0	_aRodriguez, Pablo E. _eauthor
245	0	0	_aQuesnay and Le despotisme de la Chine: The Economy of a Political Stance
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520			_aThis paper proposes a critical reading of Despotism in China, a rich but less well-commented argumentative text in which Quesnay explicitly presents his political theory. By analyzing Despotism in China, I give support to three main arguments. First, I show to what extent this text embodies Quesnay’s thought (and, broadly speaking, the physiocrats’ thought). Second, I highlight that economics as an activity, a field, and even a science, lies at the heart of Quesnay’s political philosophy. Third, I indicate that, according to Quesnay, the understanding of economics mechanisms corresponds to a close observation of reality, which consists in bringing together the positive law (politics based on economics) and the natural law (what is and what should be). At the core of these three arguments lies a serious consideration of Quesnay’s re-presentation of China. Far from being a mere example to illustrate its arguments, China is conceived as way to see, to reveal, and to grasp a thought (physiocracy), a discipline (economics), and its reach (science and politics).
690			_anatural law
690			_apolitics
690			_aphysiocracy
690			_aChina
690			_aQuesnay
690			_adespotism
690			_anatural law
690			_apolitics
690			_aphysiocracy
690			_aChina
690			_aQuesnay
690			_adespotism
786	0		_nRevue de philosophie économique / Review of Economic Philosophy | 24 | 1 | 2023-08-28 | p. 215-240 | 1376-0971
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-de-philosophie-economique-2023-1-page-215?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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