Overview

2023 marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Adam Smith. Long known as the 'father of economics', Smith also produced moral and political writings which have increasingly come to be recognised as major contributions to the Scottish, and indeed wider European, Enlightenment. In this collection of original essays, leading Smith scholars offer fresh perspectives on how to think about Smith's ideas, the nature and importance of his works, and their impact upon subsequent thinkers and ultimately the world we live in. Bringing together both leading experts and some of the most exciting new voices in the field, this collection seeks both to celebrate and deepen our appreciation of what Adam Smith has to teach us.

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Author:   Paul Sagar (King's College London)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9781009296311

ISBN 10:   1009296310
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   28 September 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Smith scholarship: past, present, and future Glory M. Liu; 2. The wealth of nations as a work of social science Christopher J. Berry; 3. Adam Smith's 'Industrial Organization' of religion Barry R. Weingast; 4. Talking to my butcher: self-Interest, exchange, and freedom in the wealth of nations Samuel Fleischacker; 5. What did Adam Smith mean? The semantics of the opening key principles in the wealth of nations Bart J. Wilson and Gian Marco Farese; 6. Adam Smith and virtuous business James R. Otteson; 7. Adam Smith and the morality of political economy: a public choice reading Maria Pia Paganelli; 8. A moral philosophy for commercial society? Robin Douglass; 9. Adam Smith, sufficientarian Paul Sagar; 10. Narrowing the scope of resentment in Smith's theory of moral sentiments John T. Scott and Michelle Schwarze; 11. Adam Smith: stoic and epicurean Lisa Hill; 12. 'Much Better Instructors': Adam Smith and the role of literature in moral education Lauren Kopajtic; 13. Sophie De Grouchy as an activist interpreter of Adam Smith Kathleen McCrudden Illert; 14. Adam Smith and the limits of philosophy Craig Smith; Bibliography; Index.

Reviews

'The volume opens several 'paths to access Smith' and offers invaluable tools for thinking about a 'classic' which we read 'with prior fervor and mysterious loyalty', to use the formulation of Jorge Luis Borges.' Jer�nimo Rilla, Archives de philosophie

Author Information

Paul Sagar is Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Political Economy, King's College London. He is the author of The Opinion of Mankind: Sociability and the Theory of the State from Hobbes to Smith (2018) and Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics (2022).

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