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Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics.

  • Published In: Contributions to Political Economy, 2023, v. 42, n. 1. P. 255 1 of 3

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  • Authored By: Montes, Leonidas 3 of 3

Abstract

In sum, Smith, firmly rooted in the British intellectual context, stayed independent from the republican tide and from Rousseau, that "republican carried a little too far", as Smith labelled him in his 1756 letter addressed to the editors of the Edinburgh Review. Even if our "never to be forgotten" (Corr. 274, p. 309) Istvan Hont would claim 'that Rousseau is typically taken to be a fierce critic of commercial modernity, whilst Smith is standardly depicted as its defender (or apologist)' (p. 115), Sagar thinks this is not correct. Against the current tide of scholarship, Sagar provocatively argues that 'Smith did not take Rousseau particularly seriously as an intellectual opponent, and instead took his positions to be neither particularly novel nor uniquely challenging' (p. 114). [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Contributions to Political Economy. 2023/07, Vol. 42, Issue 1, p255
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0277-5921
  • DOI:10.1093/cpe/bzad011
  • Accession Number:171388907
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