The problems and promise of commercial society :: Adam Smith's response to Rousseau /
Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worri...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights Smith's sympathy with Rousseau's concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was Smith's view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, Smith's approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780271035093 0271035099 9780271054896 0271054891 0271049774 9780271049779 9780271053189 0271053186 |
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| spelling | Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Dennis Carl), 1978- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjBkDffkH4D6FGvRG376Td The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / Dennis C. Rasmussen. University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008. 1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Rousseau's unhappy vision of commercial society -- Smith's sympathy with Rousseau's critique -- The European peasant and the prudent man -- Progress and happiness -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. Print version record. Adam Smith is popularly regarded as the ideological forefather of laissez-faire capitalism, while Rousseau is seen as the passionate advocate of the life of virtue in small, harmonious communities and as a sharp critic of the ills of commercial society. But, in fact, Smith had many of the same worries about commercial society that Rousseau did and was strongly influenced by his critique. In this first book-length comparative study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers, Dennis Rasmussen highlights Smith's sympathy with Rousseau's concerns and analyzes in depth the ways in which Smith crafted his arguments to defend commercial society against these charges. These arguments, Rasmussen emphasizes, were pragmatic in nature, not ideological: it was Smith's view that, all things considered, commercial society offered more benefits than the alternatives. Just because of this pragmatic orientation, Smith's approach can be useful to us in assessing the pros and cons of commercial society today and thus contributes to a debate that is too much dominated by both dogmatic critics and doctrinaire champions of our modern commercial society. Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032761 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79008220 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJv8J8HFcRcXTqbDqKh8md Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxGPbrYKgfDXw3FCTpVmd Capitalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019958 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Theory. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Capitalism fast has work: The problems and promise of commercial society (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGHbkPfKPrGFRyfCQW8Cry https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Rasmussen, Dennis Carl, 1978- Problems and promise of commercial society. University Park, PA : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008 9780271033488 0271033487 (DLC) 2007034911 (OCoLC)167764074 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=228493 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Rasmussen, Dennis C. (Dennis Carl), 1978- The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / Introduction -- Rousseau's unhappy vision of commercial society -- Smith's sympathy with Rousseau's critique -- The European peasant and the prudent man -- Progress and happiness -- Conclusion -- References -- Index. Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032761 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79008220 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJv8J8HFcRcXTqbDqKh8md Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxGPbrYKgfDXw3FCTpVmd Capitalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019958 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Theory. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Capitalism fast |
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| title | The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / |
| title_auth | The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / |
| title_exact_search | The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / |
| title_full | The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / Dennis C. Rasmussen. |
| title_fullStr | The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / Dennis C. Rasmussen. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The problems and promise of commercial society : Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / Dennis C. Rasmussen. |
| title_short | The problems and promise of commercial society : |
| title_sort | problems and promise of commercial society adam smith s response to rousseau |
| title_sub | Adam Smith's response to Rousseau / |
| topic | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80032761 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79008220 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJv8J8HFcRcXTqbDqKh8md Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxGPbrYKgfDXw3FCTpVmd Capitalism. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019958 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Theory. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Capitalism fast |
| topic_facet | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 Capitalism. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Economics Theory. PHILOSOPHY Political. Capitalism |
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