Reading 'Adam Smith': Desire, History, and Value

by Michael J. Shapiro

Book Overview

At last a study of Adam Smith that fills a large hole in the historical literature of political theory. This innovative volume, by Michael Shapiro, is not about Adam Smith in the sense in which 'about' is usually understood, for it is neither a comprehensive explication of his views nor a careful tracing of the sources of them. Instead it is a confrontation. This is a book about modernity whose vehicle is a reading of Adam Smith--it is an enactment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742521338
• ISBN13: 9780742521339
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages