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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956585303321

Autore

Keppler Jan Horst <1961->

Titolo

Adam Smith and the economy of the passions / / Jan Horst Keppler ; edited by Robert Chase

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-94216-5

1-136-94217-3

1-282-73280-3

9786612732805

0-203-84756-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 116

Altri autori (Persone)

ChaseRobert

Disciplina

330.15/3

Soggetti

Economics - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Introduction: Personal ethics and social morality; 2 Sympathy, communication, exchange: The horizontal world; 3 The vertical world of the impartial spectator; 4 The paradoxical synthesis; 5 Conclusion: The ethics of morality; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The fertility of Adam Smith's work stems from a paradoxical structure where the pursuit of economic self-interest and wealth accumulation serve wider social objectives. The incentive for this wealth accumulation comes from a desire for social recognition or ""sympathy"" - the need to recognise ourselves in our peers - which is the primary incentive for moderating and transforming our violent and egotistical passions. Adam Smith thus examines in detail the subliminal emotional structure underlying market behaviour. This new book by Professor Jan Horst Keppler presents an Adam S