Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science: 68 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 68) - Image 1

£35.41

Cambridge University Press Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science: 68 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 68)

Name: Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science: 68 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 68)
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Price: 39.26 GBP
Availability: InStock

Business & Economic History

Price History & Forecast

Last 87 days • 87 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 87 days • 5 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £34 (32 days, 36.8%)

Price range: £31 - £39

Price levels: 5 different prices over 87 days

Description

Self-Interest before Adam Smith inquires into the foundations of economic theory. It is generally assumed that the birth of modern economic science, marked by the publication of The Wealth of Nations in 1776, was the triumph of the 'selfish hypothesis' (the idea that self-interest is the motive of human action). Yet, as a neo-Epicurean idea, this hypothesis had been a matter of controversy for over a century and Smith opposed it from a neo-Stoic point of view. But how can the Epicurean principles of orthodox economic theory be reconciled with the Stoic principles of Adam Smith's philosophy? Pierre Force shows how Smith's theory refutes the 'selfish hypothesis' and integrates it at the same time. He also explains how Smith appropriated Rousseau's 'republican' critique of modern commercial society, and makes the case that the autonomy of economic science is an unintended consequence of Smith's 'republican' principles.

Product Specifications

Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0521830605
Category: Books > Subjects > Business, Finance & Law > Biographies & Histories > Business & Economic History
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 04 September 2003
Listed Since: 14 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Cambridge University Press Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science: 68 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 68)

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Adam Smith: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 3: Edited by William Playfair

The Adam Smith Review: Volume 12

A Research Annual: A Research Annual; Volume 23-A: 23, Part A (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 23, Part A)

Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue

In the Shadow of Adam Smith: Founders of Scottish Economics 1700-1900

The Other Adam Smith

Conversations on the Nature of Political Economy

Adam Smith and the Virtues of Enlightenment (Modern European Philosophy)

Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics: 20 (Law and Philosophy Library, 20)

classical economic man: Human Agency and Methodology in the Political Economy of Adam Smith and J.S. Mill (Advances in Economic Methodology series)

Economics and the Virtues: Building a New Moral Foundation

Principles of Economics and Companion Website PLUS Package: United States Edition

Selected Economic Writings

the history of economics: The Collected Essays of Takashi Negishi, Volume II: 002 (Economists of the Twentieth Century series)

The Economic Thought of William Petty: Exploring the Colonialist Roots of Economics (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics)

The Nature and Essence of Economic Theory

Advances in Economic Theory v2: Sixth World Congress: 21 (Econometric Society Monographs, Series Number 21)

The Makers of Modern Economics: Volume III: 3

Léon Walras: Un Siècle Après (1910-2010): 6 (Business and Innovation)

Fundamentals of Political Economy (Routledge Revivals)

The Moral Economists: R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism

Essays on Piero Sraffa: Critical Perspectives on the Revival of Classical Theory (Routledge Library Editions: The History of Economic Thought)

Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions)

GREED LUST & GENDER:HISTORY OF ECONOMIC IDEAS: A History of Economic Ideas