Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian - An Interpretation for the 21st Century

Informationen zum Autor IAIN MCLEAN is Offical Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College and Professor of Politics, University of Oxford, UK. Klappentext Iain McLean reexamines the radical legacy of AdamSmith, arguing that Smith was a radical egalitarian and that his work supported all three of the slogans of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. McLean suggests that Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments , published in 1759, crystallized the radically egalitarian philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment. This book brings Smith into full view, showing how much of modern economics and political science is in Smith. The author locates Smith's heritage firmly within the context of the Enlightenment, while addressing the international links between American, French, and Scottish histories of political thought. Zusammenfassung Iain McLean reexamines the radical legacy of AdamSmith, arguing that Smith was a radical egalitarian and that his work supported all three of the slogans of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. This book brings Smith into full view, showing how much of modern economics and political science is in Smith. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Rt Hon Gordon Brown Preface: A Scotsman Looks at the World The Life of an Absent-minded Professor A Weak State and a Weak Church A Non-religious Grounding of Morals: Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment Merriment and diversion: Smith on Public Finance and Public Choice The Invisible Hand and the Helping hand The French and the American Smiths Adam Smith Today

List of contents

Foreword: Rt Hon Gordon Brown Preface: A Scotsman Looks at the World The Life of an Absent-minded Professor A Weak State and a Weak Church A Non-religious Grounding of Morals: Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment Merriment and diversion: Smith on Public Finance and Public Choice The Invisible Hand and the Helping hand The French and the American Smiths Adam Smith Today

Product details

• Authors: I McLean, I. McLean, Iain Mclean
• Assisted by: G. Brown (Foreword)
• Publisher: Palgrave USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2007
• EAN: 9781403977915
• ISBN: 978-1-4039-7791-5
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; B, European History, Political Philosophy, International Relations, Political Theory, Economic history, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Political Economy, Western Europe, Management science, International Political Economy, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, History of Economic Thought and Methodology, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, International Political Economy’