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Hacia una lectura ecológica de Jenofonte
Resumen
Uno de los principios fundamentales del pensamiento económico de Jenofonte es la doctrina del uso adecuado: los χρήµατα (“riquezas”, “patrimonio” o, literalmente, “utilidades”) solo pueden considerarse como tales si son debitamente utilizados (χρῆσθαι, Oeconomicus 1, 8-10). Al desarrollar esta idea, Jenofonte parece acercarse a articular una distinción entre valor de uso y valor de cambio. Lo que tiende a pasarse por alto en los debates sobre esta doctrina es el propio concepto subyacente de “uso”. Los supuestos epistemológicos y éticos actuales deforman nuestra comprensión de la concepción de Jenofonte acerca de “utilidad” y “uso”. Este artículo es un ejercicio para “repensar” estos supuestos a través de la lente crítica que ofrecen la economía ecológica y la ecocrítica. Se argumentará que la doctrina de Jenofonte sobre el uso adecuado es “ecológica”, en el sentido de que propugna una relacionalidad entrelazada, recíproca e interdependiente entre sujeto y objeto. El oikonomos ideal no percibe su entorno como exógeno a él; más bien, su misión es participar en el orden más amplio de las cosas.
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