Politics in Commercial Society
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith
Business & Finance, Economics, Theory of Economics, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Political, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Istvan Hont | ISBN: | 9780674286191 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | June 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Istvan Hont |
| ISBN: | 9780674286191 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | June 9, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity; Smith as an apologist. However, Istvan Hont finds significant commonalities in their work, arguing that both were theorists of commercial society but from different perspectives.
Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity; Smith as an apologist. However, Istvan Hont finds significant commonalities in their work, arguing that both were theorists of commercial society but from different perspectives.
