Adam Smith's Political Philosophy: The Invisible Hand and Spontaneous Order

by Craig Smith and Craig Smith

Book Overview

When Adam Smith published his celebrated writings on economics and moral philosophy he famously referred to the operation of an 'invisible hand'. Adam Smith's Political Philosophy makes visible this hand by examining its significance in Smith's political philosophy and relating it to similar concepts used by other philosophers, thus revealing a distinctive approach to social theory that stresses the importance of the unintended consequences of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041584584X
• ISBN13: 9780415845847
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"