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

Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian: An Interpretation for the 21st Century
ISBN-10
1349738220
ISBN-13
9781349738229
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
172
Language
English
Published
2016-04-30
Publisher
Springer
Author
I. McLean

Description

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.

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