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The Archives of François Perroux Deposited at the Institut Mémoires de L’édition Contemporaine

Christiane Franck (University of Caen Normandy, France)

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on the Work of François Perroux

ISBN: 978-1-80382-716-2, eISBN: 978-1-80382-715-5

Publication date: 30 November 2022

Abstract

The archives of François Perroux deposited at IMEC bear witness to the fact that he has devoted, beyond his scientific production, great energy to the most material aspects of research: setting up and maintaining networks to publicize his work and that of other economists, either directly or through the institutes and the journals he headed; organize seminars and symposiums; take care of relations with colleagues and the press; create collections and journals; and so on.

In this chapter, we concentrate our attention on the archives relating to the management of the institutes, those attesting to the lines and themes of the producer’s research, and those concerning his important correspondence.

Thanks to the archives deposited at IMEC, it is possible to follow the development of the theoretical work of François Perroux by contextualizing it. They also show the itinerary of a Christian intellectual, whose attachment to social Catholicism constitutes a guiding thread and is reflected in all his activities. Finally, the archives illuminate his substantial role in the institutionalization of research in economics in the France of the twentieth century.

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Franck, C. (2022), "The Archives of François Perroux Deposited at the Institut Mémoires de L’édition Contemporaine", Fiorito, L., Scheall, S. and Suprinyak, C.E. (Ed.) Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on the Work of François Perroux (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 40C), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 169-181. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-41542022000040C010

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