Sonya Scott
Associate Professor
Business & Society (BUSO)
Office: 761 Ross Building South
Phone: 416 736 2100 Ext: 33810
Email: smscott@yorku.ca
Sonya Scott specializes in the study of subjectivity and economic thought. She has published a book on the history of economic thought (Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought, Routledge: 2013), edited a volume on the relationship between language and economic crisis (Languages of Economic Crises, Routledge: 2021), and is currently working on a book concerning the question of the ‘Economy’ as subject. Her research deals with language, philosophy, subjectivity and economic reasoning, and she is particularly concerned with theories of economic crisis and equilibrium, including the origins of the mathematization of economics, business cycle theory and contemporary responses to crisis.
Degrees
PhD Social and Political Thought, York UniversityMA Social and Political Thought, York University
BA Hons Political Science, University of Calgary
BA Spanish, University of Calgary
Research Interests
Scott, S., Birch K., Wellen, R., and Laurin-Lamothe, A (Eds). (2023) Business and Society: A Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition. London: Bloomsbury.
Scott, Sonya Marie (Ed.). (2021) Languages of Economic Crises. New York: Routledge.
Scott, Sonya. (2013) Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: The Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought. New York: Routledge.
Besomi, Daniele and Sonya Marie Scott. (2022) "The pendulum and equilibrium: A survey" in Metaphors in the History of Economic Thought: Crises, Business Cycles and Equilibrium, Eds. Roberto Baranzini and Daniele Besomi. New York: Routledge.
Scott, Sonya and Peacock, Mark. (2017) “Economics, Capitalism and Business: The Orthodoxy” in Birch, K., Hossein, C., Peacock, M., Salazar, A., Scott, S., and Wellen, R. Business and Society: A Critical Introduction. London: Zed Books.
Scott, Sonya. (2017) “Political Economy and Critiques of Capitalism: Heterodox Perspectives” in Birch, K., Hossein, C., Peacock, M., Salazar, A., Scott, S., and Wellen, R. Business and Society: A Critical Introduction. London: Zed Books.
Scott, Sonya. (2018) “Review: The Neoliberal Subject: Resilience, Adaptation and Vulnerability” in Contemporary Political Theory. Volume 17, Supplement 2. 78-81.
Scott, Sonya. (2015) “Reseña: Social and Solidarity Economy, Beyond the Fringe” in Eutopia: Revista de Desarrollo Económico Territorial, 7(2). 165-168.
Scott, Sonya. (2013) Book review of Accounting for Social Value, edited by Laurie Mook. ANSERJ: Canadian Journal of Non-Profit and Social Economy Research, 4(2). 84-86.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2020) "Rejoinder on animal spirits in Descartes and Keynes: a response to Kurt Smith" in Journal of Philosophical Economics, 13 (2). 185-201.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2019) "Languages of Economic Crises: narrating, resisting, speaking otherwise" in The Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (5). 353-360.
Gibson, Katherine and Sonya Marie Scott (2019). "Language, Gender and Crisis: An Interview with Katherine Gibson" in The Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (5). 448-460.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2019) "Vultures, debt and desire: the vulture metaphor and Argentina's sovereign debt crisis" in The Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (5). 382-400.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2018) "Crises, Confidence and Animal Spirits: Exploring subjectivity in the dualism of Descartes and Keynes" in The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Volume XI (2), 1-28.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2018) “Mathematics is the Lantern: Vito Volterra, Léon Walras and Irving Fisher on the Mathematization of Economics” in The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 40 (4). 513-537.
Scott, Sonya Marie and Bradd, Christopher. (2016) “Truth, Crisis and Authority: Developing the Economic Imagination” in Parcours Judaiques XIII: Studies in Truth, Crisis and Authority.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC3045 3.0 | M | Finance and Society | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC2346 6.0 | A | Ethics and Capitalism | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC2330 6.0 | A | Political Econ. of Law, Policy & Organ. | BLEN |
Sonya Scott specializes in the study of subjectivity and economic thought. She has published a book on the history of economic thought (Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought, Routledge: 2013), edited a volume on the relationship between language and economic crisis (Languages of Economic Crises, Routledge: 2021), and is currently working on a book concerning the question of the ‘Economy’ as subject. Her research deals with language, philosophy, subjectivity and economic reasoning, and she is particularly concerned with theories of economic crisis and equilibrium, including the origins of the mathematization of economics, business cycle theory and contemporary responses to crisis.
Degrees
PhD Social and Political Thought, York UniversityMA Social and Political Thought, York University
BA Hons Political Science, University of Calgary
BA Spanish, University of Calgary
Research Interests
All Publications
Besomi, Daniele and Sonya Marie Scott. (2022) "The pendulum and equilibrium: A survey" in Metaphors in the History of Economic Thought: Crises, Business Cycles and Equilibrium, Eds. Roberto Baranzini and Daniele Besomi. New York: Routledge.
Scott, Sonya and Peacock, Mark. (2017) “Economics, Capitalism and Business: The Orthodoxy” in Birch, K., Hossein, C., Peacock, M., Salazar, A., Scott, S., and Wellen, R. Business and Society: A Critical Introduction. London: Zed Books.
Scott, Sonya. (2017) “Political Economy and Critiques of Capitalism: Heterodox Perspectives” in Birch, K., Hossein, C., Peacock, M., Salazar, A., Scott, S., and Wellen, R. Business and Society: A Critical Introduction. London: Zed Books.
Scott, Sonya. (2018) “Review: The Neoliberal Subject: Resilience, Adaptation and Vulnerability” in Contemporary Political Theory. Volume 17, Supplement 2. 78-81.
Scott, Sonya. (2015) “Reseña: Social and Solidarity Economy, Beyond the Fringe” in Eutopia: Revista de Desarrollo Económico Territorial, 7(2). 165-168.
Scott, Sonya. (2013) Book review of Accounting for Social Value, edited by Laurie Mook. ANSERJ: Canadian Journal of Non-Profit and Social Economy Research, 4(2). 84-86.
Scott, S., Birch K., Wellen, R., and Laurin-Lamothe, A (Eds). (2023) Business and Society: A Critical Introduction, 2nd Edition. London: Bloomsbury.
Scott, Sonya Marie (Ed.). (2021) Languages of Economic Crises. New York: Routledge.
Scott, Sonya. (2013) Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: The Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought. New York: Routledge.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2020) "Rejoinder on animal spirits in Descartes and Keynes: a response to Kurt Smith" in Journal of Philosophical Economics, 13 (2). 185-201.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2019) "Languages of Economic Crises: narrating, resisting, speaking otherwise" in The Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (5). 353-360.
Gibson, Katherine and Sonya Marie Scott (2019). "Language, Gender and Crisis: An Interview with Katherine Gibson" in The Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (5). 448-460.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2019) "Vultures, debt and desire: the vulture metaphor and Argentina's sovereign debt crisis" in The Journal of Cultural Economy, 12 (5). 382-400.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2018) "Crises, Confidence and Animal Spirits: Exploring subjectivity in the dualism of Descartes and Keynes" in The Journal of Philosophical Economics, Volume XI (2), 1-28.
Scott, Sonya Marie. (2018) “Mathematics is the Lantern: Vito Volterra, Léon Walras and Irving Fisher on the Mathematization of Economics” in The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 40 (4). 513-537.
Scott, Sonya Marie and Bradd, Christopher. (2016) “Truth, Crisis and Authority: Developing the Economic Imagination” in Parcours Judaiques XIII: Studies in Truth, Crisis and Authority.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2024 | AP/SOSC3045 3.0 | M | Finance and Society | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC2346 6.0 | A | Ethics and Capitalism | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2023 | AP/SOSC2330 6.0 | A | Political Econ. of Law, Policy & Organ. | BLEN |
