Reading "Adam Smith" : desire, history, and value
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Reading "Adam Smith" : desire, history, and value
（Modernity and political thought, v. 4）
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002
New ed
- : cloth
- : pbk
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"Originally published in 1993 by sage Publications, Inc."--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
At last a study of Adam Smith that fills a large hole in the historical literature of political theory. This innovative volume, by Michael Shapiro, is not about Adam Smith in the sense in which 'about' is usually understood, for it is neither a comprehensive explication of his views nor a careful tracing of the sources of them. Instead it is a confrontation. This is a book about modernity whose vehicle is a reading of Adam Smith-it is an enactment of the convention that despite the contribution Smith made to creating and legitimating the conceptual space for modern, commercial, liberal, and democratic society, his views are inadequate for those who want an effective, politicized understanding of the present. Shapiro's ultimate goal in this examination is to 'exemplify a way of doing political theory-one that challenges some traditional ways of constructing and celebrating the 'political theory cannon.''
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Sovereignty and Exchange in the Orders of Modernity Chapter 2 History and Value Chapter 3 The Social Bond
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