Adam Smith and Rousseau: Ethics, Politics, Economics
Maria Pia Paganelli, Dennis C. Rasmussen, and Craig Smith
Abstract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith are two of the foremost thinkers of the European Enlightenment, thinkers who made seminal contributions to moral and political philosophy and who shaped some of the key concepts of modern political economy. Among Smith’s first published works was a letter to the Edinburgh Review where he discusses Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. Smith continued to engage with Rousseau’s work and to explore many shared themes such as sympathy, political economy, sentiment, and inequality. This collection brings together an international and interdisciplinar ... More
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith are two of the foremost thinkers of the European Enlightenment, thinkers who made seminal contributions to moral and political philosophy and who shaped some of the key concepts of modern political economy. Among Smith’s first published works was a letter to the Edinburgh Review where he discusses Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. Smith continued to engage with Rousseau’s work and to explore many shared themes such as sympathy, political economy, sentiment, and inequality. This collection brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of Adam Smith and Rousseau scholars to provide an exploration of the key shared concerns of these two great thinkers in politics, philosophy, economics, history, and literature.
Keywords:
Adam Smith,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
Commercial Society,
Economics,
Morality,
Politics
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2018 |
Print ISBN-13: 9781474422857 |
| Published to Edinburgh Scholarship Online: September 2018 |
DOI:10.3366/edinburgh/9781474422857.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Maria Pia Paganelli, editor
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
Dennis C. Rasmussen, editor
Tufts University
Craig Smith, editor
University of Glasgow
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