Profits, Priests, and Princes: Adam Smithʼs Emancipation of Economics From Politics and Religion
Stanford University Press (1993)
| Abstract | In launching modern economics, Adam Smith paved the way for laissez-faire capitalism, Marxism, and contemporary social science. This book scrutinizes Smith's disparagement of politics and religion to illuminate the subtlety of his rhetoric, the depth of his thought, and the ultimate shortcomings of his project. The author analyzes Smith's ideas on government, justice, human psychology, and international relations, stressing Smith's efforts to elevate wealth at the expense of citizenship and to replace normative political philosophy with historical theorizing and empirical modeling that emphasize economic causes. The book also provides the most comprehensive interpretation available of Smith's views on religion, examining the discrepancies between The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The concluding chapter appraises the demise of communism in light of the Marxian emancipation of economics from politics and religion. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Economics Moral and ethical aspects Economics Philosophy | |||||||||
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| Call number | HB72.M53 1993 | |||||||||
| ISBN(s) | 0804721661 9780804721660 | |||||||||
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