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Smith Craig <1977->
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Titolo: |
Adam Smith's political philosophy : the invisible hand and spontaneous order / / Craig Smith
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Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina: | 320.51/2/092 |
320.512092 | |
Soggetto topico: | Economics |
Liberalism | |
Political ethics | |
Self-organizing systems | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Spontaneous order in liberal political thought; 2 The science of man; 3 The science of morals; 4 The science of jurisprudence; 5 The science of political economy; 6 The evolution of science; 7 The evolution of morality; 8 The evolution of law and government; 9 The evolution of markets; 10 The invisible hand; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 human action.The first book to examine the history of Smith's political philosophy from this perspective, this work introduces greater concept |
Titolo autorizzato: | Adam Smith's political philosophy ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-134-23586-0 |
1-134-23587-9 | |
1-280-29159-1 | |
9786610291595 | |
0-203-00848-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828856803321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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