Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an early proponent of the modern market economy. Political economy, however, was only one part of Smiths comprehensive intellectual system. Consisting of a theory of mind and its functions in language, arts, science, and social intercourse, Smiths system was a towering contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. This Companion volume provides an up-to-date examination of all aspects of Smiths thought.
Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as an early proponent of the modern market economy. Political economy, however, was only one part of Smiths comprehensive intellectual system. Consisting of a theory of mind and its functions in language, arts, science, and social intercourse, Smiths system was a towering contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. This Companion volume provides an up-to-date examination of all aspects of Smiths thought.
Knud Haakonssen is professor in the Department of History at the University of Sussex. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, and Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, he is the author and editor of numerous books and texts, most recently Natural Law and Moral Philosophy: From Grotius to the Scottish Enlightenment and, with Andrew S. Skinner, Index to the Works of Adam Smith.
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List of contributors Method of citation Introduction: the coherence of Smith's thought Knud Haakonssen 1. Imagination: morals, science and arts Charles L. Griswold Jr 2. Adam Smith, Belletrist Mark Salber Phillips 3. Adam Smith's theory of language Marcelo Dascal 4. Smith and science Christopher J. Berry 5. Smith on ingenuity, pleasure and the imitative arts Neil De Marchi 6. Sympathy and the impartial spectator Alexander Broadie 7. Virtues, utility and rules Robert Shaver 8. Adam Smith on justice, rights and law David Lieberman 9. Self-interest and other interests Pratap Bhanu Mehta 10. Adam Smith and history J. G .A. Pocock 11. Adam Smith's politics Douglas Long 12. Adam Smith's economics Emma Rothschild and Amartya Sen 13. The legacy of Adam Smith Knud Haakonssen and Donald Winch Bibliography Index.
Introduction Knud Haakonssen; 1. Imagination: morals, science, arts Charles L. Griswold, Jr.; 2. Adam Smith, Belletrist Mark Salber Phillips; 3. Adam Smiths theory of language Marcelo Dascal; 4. Adam Smith and science Christopher J. Berry; 5. Smith on ingenuity, pleasure, and the imitative arts Neil De Marchi; 6. Sympathy and the impartial spectator Alexander Broadie; 7. Virtues, utility, and rules Robert Shaver; 8. Justice, rights, and law David Lieberman; 9. Self-interest and other interests Pratap Mehta; 10. Smith on history J. G .A. Pocock; 11. Adam Smiths politics Douglas Long; 12. Adam Smiths economics Emma Rothschild and Amartya Sen; 13. The legacy of Adam Smith Knud Haakonssen and Donald Winch.
List of contributors Method of citation Introduction: the coherence of Smith's thought Knud Haakonssen 1. Imagination: morals, science and arts Charles L. Griswold Jr 2. Adam Smith, Belletrist Mark Salber Phillips 3. Adam Smith's theory of language Marcelo Dascal 4. Smith and science Christopher J. Berry 5. Smith on ingenuity, pleasure and the imitative arts Neil De Marchi 6. Sympathy and the impartial spectator Alexander Broadie 7. Virtues, utility and rules Robert Shaver 8. Adam Smith on justice, rights and law David Lieberman 9. Self-interest and other interests Pratap Bhanu Mehta 10. Adam Smith and history J. G .A. Pocock 11. Adam Smith's politics Douglas Long 12. Adam Smith's economics Emma Rothschild and Amartya Sen 13. The legacy of Adam Smith Knud Haakonssen and Donald Winch Bibliography Index.
Introduction Knud Haakonssen; 1. Imagination: morals, science, arts Charles L. Griswold, Jr.; 2. Adam Smith, Belletrist Mark Salber Phillips; 3. Adam Smiths theory of language Marcelo Dascal; 4. Adam Smith and science Christopher J. Berry; 5. Smith on ingenuity, pleasure, and the imitative arts Neil De Marchi; 6. Sympathy and the impartial spectator Alexander Broadie; 7. Virtues, utility, and rules Robert Shaver; 8. Justice, rights, and law David Lieberman; 9. Self-interest and other interests Pratap Mehta; 10. Smith on history J. G .A. Pocock; 11. Adam Smiths politics Douglas Long; 12. Adam Smiths economics Emma Rothschild and Amartya Sen; 13. The legacy of Adam Smith Knud Haakonssen and Donald Winch.
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Historian Haakonssen has assembled arguably the most wide-ranging perspective yet published on the social vision of Adam Smith. -- Choice
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