Adam Smith and Rousseau
Ethics, Politics, Economics
Craig Smith editor Dennis C Rasmussen editor Maria Pia Paganelli editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:7th Aug '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) and Adam Smith (1723–90) are two of the foremost thinkers of the European Enlightenment. They who made seminal contributions to moral and political philosophy and shaped some of the key concepts of modern political economy. Though we have no solid evidence that they met in person, we do know that they shared many friends and interlocutors. In particular, David Hume was Smith’s closest intellectual associate and was also the one who arranged for Rousseau’s stay in England in 1766. This collection brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of Adam Smith and Rousseau scholars to explore the key shared concerns of these two great thinkers in politics, philosophy, economics, history and literature
This volume is nicely done … Smith and Rousseau studies are both in robust health right now, but with only a few scholars who are capable of writing well about both philosophers. This volume will assist with the on-going work of cross-fertilisation, and make it much easier in future for more to follow suit. -- Christopher Brooke, University of Cambridge * Journal of Scottish Philosophy *
This excellent volume deepens our understanding of the relationship between the ideas and arguments of Smith and Rousseau, and succeeds in making it clear that our understanding of each of these hugely important philosophers depends to a significant extent on our understanding of the other. * Professor James Harris, University of St.Andrews *
ISBN: 9781474452687
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 520g
336 pages