Pride and Profit - The Intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith

Pride and Profit explores the ways in which Jane Austen's novels interact with the ideas of economist Adam Smith. Bohanon and Vachris show how Smithian perspectives on virtue are depicted in Austen's novels and how Smith's and Austen's perspectives reflect and define the bourgeois culture of the Enlightenment and industrial revolution.

List of contents

1 Introduction: Why Jane Austen and Adam Smith?
2 A General Introduction to Smith's Moral Theory
3 Virtues and Vices in Smith
4 Self-Command in Sense and Sensibility
5 Prudence, Benevolence, and Justice in Mansfield Park
6 Vanity in Persuasion
7 Pride in Pride and Prejudice
8 Greed and Promises in Northanger Abbey
9 Man of System and Impartial Spectator in Emma
10 Land Rents, Income, and Entails
11 Representation of Business in Smith and Austen: Adopting the Bourgeois Virtues
12 Social Rank in Smith and Austen
13 Reflections on the Intersection between Jane Austen and Adam Smith and its Relevance for Today

About the author

Cecil E. Bohanon is professor of economics at Ball State University.

Michelle Albert Vachris is professor of economics at Christopher Newport University.

Summary

Pride and Profit explores the ways in which Jane Austen’s novels interact with the ideas of economist Adam Smith. Bohanon and Vachris show how Smithian perspectives on virtue are depicted in Austen’s novels and how Smith’s and Austen’s perspectives reflect and define the bourgeois culture of the Enlightenment and industrial revolution.

Product details

• Authors: Cecil E. Bohanon, Cecil E. Vachris Bohanon, Michelle Albert Vachris
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781498530262
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3026-2
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics; Capitalist Thought: Studies in; Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics; Capitalist Thought: Studies in
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous