Bringing emotions into post-Northian institutional economics: a reading inspired by John Dewey
探讨杜威哲学如何将情感动态融入制度分析，基于诺斯的认知模型，从情感理性、沟通和集体情感三个层面丰富制度研究，并以法国电信案例展示情感对行动者创造力、管理实践和法律规范变革的驱动作用。
Abstract The article examines the contributions of John Dewey’s philosophical thought to an institutionalist conception that integrates the dynamics of emotions to enrich the conception of action and the analysis of the links between institutions and individuals. We first demonstrate the close connections between the enactivist approach underlying the post-Northian cognitive analysis of institutions and John Dewey’s situational approach. We then identify the main features and functions of emotions in the pragmatist’s theory. Subsequently, we outline three levels – emotional rationality, communication, and collective emotions – that illustrate how the incorporation of emotions enriches the study of institutions, drawing on North’s cognitive model. Finally, we illustrate the scope of Dewey’s theory of emotions through a concrete case (the France Télécom case), in which emotions serve as a driving force for actors’ creativity, changes in managerial practices, and a transformation of legal norms.