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Adam Smith, optimist or pessimist? : a new problem concerning the teleological basis of commercial society / James E. Alvey.
Lippincott Library HB103.S6 A68 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alvey, Jim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
- Smith, Adam.
- Economists--Great Britain.
- Economists.
- Great Britain.
- Capitalism.
- Teleology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 323 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- Part I Smith's Optimism: His Case for Teleology
- 2 Teleology Immanent in Human Nature and Commerce 31
- 3 Historicized Teleology and Commercial Society as the Telos of History 79
- 4 Economic and Political Conditions of the Human Telos, or Best Regime 117
- Part II Smith's Pessimism: His Case Against Teleology
- 5 Smith's Concerns about Commercial Society as the Human Telos, or Best Regime 177
- 6 Smith's Concerns about Historical and Non-historical Teleology 215
- Part III Adam Smith: Optimist or Pessimist?
- 7 A Partial Synthesis of Smith's Views 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1840149019
- OCLC:
- 50920607
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