Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian: An Interpretation for the 21st Century

by Iain McLean

Iain McLean reexamines the radical legacy of AdamSmith, arguing that Smith was a radical egalitarian and that his work supported all three of the slogans of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. McLean suggests that Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, published in 1759, crystallized the radically egalitarian philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment. This book brings Smith into full view, showing how much of modern economics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403977917
• ISBN13: 9781403977915
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"