Politics in Commercial Society

Autor*innen

• Istvan Hont

Parameter

• 138 Seiten
• 5 Lesestunden

• Geschichte
• Philosophie
• Politik
• Politikwissenschaft
• Wirtschaft

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Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth- century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity; Smith as an apologist. However, Istvan Hont finds significant commonalities in their work, arguing that both were theorists of commercial society but from different perspectives.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Einband: Hardcover