Reading 'Adam Smith' - Desire, History, and Value

This innovative volume, by Michael Shapiro, is not about Adam Smith in the sense in which 'about' is usually understood, for it is neither a comprehensive explication of his views nor a careful tracing of the sources of them. Instead it is a confrontation. This is a book about modernity whose vehicle is a reading of Adam Smith--it is an enactment of the convention that despite the contribution Smith made to creating and legitimating the conceptual space for modern, commercial, liberal, and democratic society, his views are inadequate for those who want an effective, politicized understanding of the present. Shapiro's ultimate goal in this examination is to 'exemplify a way of doing political theory--one that challenges some traditional ways of constructing and celebrating the 'political theory cannon.'

About the author

Michael J. Shapiro is professor of political science at the University of Hawaii.

Summary

This volume, by Michael Shapiro, is not about Adam Smith in the sense in which "about" is usually understood, for it is neither a comprehensive explication of his views nor a careful tracing of the sources of them. Shapiro's ultimate goal is to "exemplify a way of doing political theory".

Product details

• Authors: Michael J Shapiro, Michael J. Shapiro, Shapiro Michael J.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2002
• EAN: 9780742521322
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2132-2
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 232 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 367 g
• Series: Modernity and Political Thought; Modernity and Political Though; Modernity and Political Thought; Modernity and Political Though
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Social & political philosophy, Economic theory & philosophy, social and political philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy