| Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian: An Interpretation for the 21st Century 2007 Edition Contributor(s): McLean, I. (Author), Brown, G. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1403977917 ISBN-13: 9781403977915 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: In this reexamination of the political legacy of Adam Smith, McLean argues that Smith was a radical egalitarian and that his work supported the ideas behind the French Revolution and his "Theory of Moral Sentiments" crystallized the radically egalitarian philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment. Bringing Smith into full view, showing how much of modern economics and political science was influenced by the Scottish thinker, and locating his intellectual heritage firmly within the context of the Enlightenment, McLean addresses the international links between American, French, and Scottish histories of political thought. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Economic Policy - Political Science | Political Economy - Philosophy | Political |
| Dewey: 330.153 |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.42" W x 9.52" (0.93 lbs) 172 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher 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. |