The birth of economic rhetoric : communication, arts and economic stimulus in David Hume and Adam Smith
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The birth of economic rhetoric : communication, arts and economic stimulus in David Hume and Adam Smith
Palgrave Macmillan, c2019
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-212) and index
Publisher place varies: Cham, Switzerland
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This book explores and compares the works of two great economists and philosophers, David Hume and Adam Smith, considering their contributions to language, perception, sympathy, reason, art and theatre to find a general theory of rationality and economics. The author considers and analyses both figures through a range of approaches, and moves on to demonstrate how different concepts of language affect Hume's and Smith's idea of value and economic growth. This book contributes to a wider literature on communication and language to demonstrate that economics is linked to rhetoric and is an essential part of human nature.
Table of Contents
1. The Setting of the Play1.1. Introduction1.2. The Scottish Enlightenment 1.3. The Birth of Rhetoric1.4. Concepts of time2. Hume and Smith: Truth and Experience2.1. Friendship is in similarities2.2. But allure is in differences 2.3. A literary strategy2.4. Adam Smith's piety3. David Hume3.1. The life of David Hume3.2. Scepticism 3.2.1. Epistemological scepticism3.2.2. Moral naturalism3.3. Conservatism 3.4. Doctrine of utility 3.4.1. Morality3.4.2. Utility 3.4.3. Sympathy 3.4.4. Suicide 3.4.5. Justice4. Adam Smith4.1. Smith's realism4.2. Perception and pleasure4.3. The Self4.3.1. The reactive self4.3.2. The active self 4.4. Rationality 4.5. Sympathy5. Rhetoric in Hume and Smith5.1. The first formation of language5.2. Rhetoric and the theories of language5.3. The literary critique5.4. The invention of imitation5.5. Theatre 6. Consequences for Economic Theory6.1. Time and economics 6.2. Language and economics 6.3. Economic growth 6.4. Money issues7. Conclusion
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