The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society: Adam Smith's Response to Rousseau - Dennis C. Rasmussen - Books - Pennsylvania State University Press - 9780271033488 - March 15, 2008
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The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society: Adam Smith's Response to Rousseau


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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. This book presents a study of these leading eighteenth-century thinkers.


192 pages

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released March 15, 2008
ISBN13 9780271033488
Publishers Pennsylvania State University Press
Pages 208
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 13 mm   ·   880 g
Language English  

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