Adam Smith: international perspectives : [papers presented at the Nagoya Symposium to commemorate the Bicentenary of the Death of Adam Smith, 12-15 April 1990

Adam Smith (1723-90) is well known as the author of The Wealth of Nations and as a champion of free enterprise but he also wrote on moral philosophy and lectured on rhetoric and jurisprudence. This collection reveals a new portrait of the well known economist, not as a simple-minded champion of free trade but as an interdisciplinary social scientist with a moral philosophy for the modern world. His legacy should not be restricted to economics and to the English-speaking world. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Adam Smith (1723–90): A Biographical Sketch....Pages 1-25 The Practical System of Morality in Adam Smith....Pages 27-42 The Aesthetics of Adam Smith....Pages 43-62 Adam Smith’s Lectures on Jurisprudence: Their Influence on Legal Education....Pages 63-83 Adam Smith: Scottish Moral Philosopher as Political Economist....Pages 85-111 The Shaping of Political Economy in the Enlightenment....Pages 113-139 Adam Smith in the Scottish Enlightenment....Pages 141-161 Adam Smith in Germany, 1776–1832....Pages 163-180 Adam Smith and American Academic Moral Philosophers and Philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution....Pages 181-197 The Introduction of Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy to French Thought....Pages 199-211 A French Reading of the Wealth of Nations in 1790....Pages 213-223 The Diffusion of the Economic Thought of Adam Smith in Italy, 1776–1876....Pages 225-249 Adam Smith in Russia....Pages 251-260 Adam Smith in India....Pages 261-278 Adam Smith in China....Pages 279-291 Adam Smith in Japan....Pages 293-313 Conclusion....Pages 315-321 Back Matter....Pages 322-328