New Voices on Adam Smith (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)

In recent years, there has been a resurgence of academic interest in Adam Smith. As a consequence, a large number of PhD dissertations on Smith have been written by international scholars - in different languages, and in many diverse disciplines, including Economics, Women's Studies, Philosophy, Science Studies, Political Theory and English Literature: diversity which has enriched the area of study. In response to this activity, and in order to making these contributions more easily accessible to other Smith scholars, Leonidas Montes and Eric Schliesser have edited this important new book. Of interest to Smith scholars and those interested in the history of economic thought in general, the contributions to this book are self-consciously interdisciplinary and skillfully employ many different methodologies. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Series Title......Page 3 Title......Page 8 Copyright......Page 9 Dedications......Page 10 Contents......Page 12 Contributors......Page 14 Foreword......Page 17 Acknowledgments......Page 20 Abbreviations......Page 21 1. Introduction......Page 24 Part I: Adam Smith, His Sources and Influence......Page 38 2. Adam Smith, Aristotle and Virtue Ethics......Page 40 3. Adam Smith and his Feminist Contemporaries......Page 63 4. Beautiful and Orderly Systems: Adam Smith on the Aesthetics of Political Improvement......Page 84 Part II: Adam Smith and Moral Theory......Page 110 5. Smith on 'Connexion', Culture and Judgment......Page 112 6. Double Standard – Naturally!: Smith and Rawls: a Comparison of Methods......Page 138 7. Applying Adam Smith: A Step Towards Smithian Environmental Virtue Ethics......Page 163 8. Does the 'Wisdom of Nature' Need Help?......Page 191 9. 'This Irregularity of Sentiment': Adam Smith on Moral Luck......Page 216 Part III: Adam Smith and Economics......Page 242 10. The Mercantilist Foundations of 'Dr Mandeville's Licentious System': Adam Smith on Bernard Mandeville......Page 244 11. On Adam Smith's Newtonianism and General Economic Equilibrium Theory......Page 270 12. Vanity and the Daedalian Wings of Paper Money in Adam Smith......Page 294 Part IV: Adam Smith and Knowledge......Page 314 13. Adam Smith on Progress and Knowledge......Page 316 14. Adam Smith's Criticism of the Doctrine o Utlity: A heory of the Creative Present......Page 336 15. Adam Smith's Benevolent and Self-interested Conception of Philosophy......Page 351 Index......Page 381 1. Introduction / Leonidas Montes And Eric Schliesser -- 2. Adam Smith, Aristotle And Virtue Ethics / Ryan Patrick Hanley -- 3. Adam Smith And His Feminist Contemporaries / Edith Kuiper -- 4. Beautiful And Orderly Systems : Adam Smith On The Aesthetics Of Political Improvement / Robert Mitchell -- 5. Smith On 'connection', Culture And Judgment / Fonna Forman-barzilai -- 6. Double Standard -- Naturally! : Smith And Rawls : A Comparison Of Methods / Carola Von Villiez -- 7. Applying Adam Smith : A Step Towards Smithian Environmental Virtue Ethics / Patrick Frierson -- 8. Does The 'wisdom Of Nature' Need Help? / Lauren Brubaker -- 9. 'this Irregularity Of Sentiment' : Adam Smith On Moral Luck / Chad Flanders. Edited By Leonidas Montes And Eric Schliesser ; With A Foreword By Knud Haakonssen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This important book has been compiled in response to the increased interest in and study of Adam Smith, and makes other multidisciplinary and multi-methodological contributions more accessible.