Adam Smith, Radical and Egalitarian: An Interpretation for the 21st Century (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403977915)

Iain McLean reexamines the radical legacy of AdamSmith, arguing that Smith was a radical egalitarian and that his work supported all three of the slogans of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity. McLean suggests that Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, published in 1759, crystallized the radically egalitarian philosophy of the Scottish Enlightenment. This book brings Smith into full view, showing how much of modern economics and political science is in Smith. The author locates Smith's heritage firmly within the context of the Enlightenment, while addressing the international links between American, French, and Scottish histories of political thought.

Author: G. Brown, I. McLean
ISBN-10: 1403977917
ISBN-13: 9781403977915
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2007
Pages: 172
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.42w x 0.75d

About the Author
IAIN MCLEAN is Offical Fellow in Politics, Nuffield College and Professor of Politics, University of Oxford, UK.