Inventing the market : Smith, Hegel, and political theory / Lisa Herzog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herzog, Lisa, 1983-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.

Smith, Adam.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Markets--Philosophy.

Markets.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Inventing the Market' explores two paradigms of the market in the thought of Adam Smith and G.W.F. Hegel, bridging the gap between economics and philosophy, it shows that both disciplines can profit from a broader, more historically situated approach to the market.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Abbreviations of works by Adam Smith and G. W. F. Hegel; 1. Introduction: In Search of 'The Market'; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 A Post-Skinnerian Approach; 1.3 Structure of the Study; 2. Smith's Construction of the Market: Nature's Wise Contrivances; 2.1 Introduction: Smith against the Clichés; 2.2 Smith's Contexts; 2.3 Smith's System; 2.4 Smith's Notion of Nature; 2.5 Smith's Account of the Market Society; 2.6 Conclusion: The Vision of General Opulence; 3. Hegel's Construction of the Market: the 'Relics of the State of Nature'; 3.1 Introduction: Hegel Then and Now

3.2 The Living and the Dead in Hegel3.3 Geist and Sittlichkeit; 3.4 Hegel's Account of the Market Society; 3.5 Conclusion: The Modernity of the Market; 4. The Self in the Market: Identity and Community; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Social Self; 4.3 Identity in the Market; 4.3.1 Selling one's labour; 4.3.2 Choosing one's place; 4.4 Conclusion: Self and Society; 5. Justice in the Market; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Are Market Outcomes Deserved?; 5.3 What about the Poor?; 5.4 Conclusion: How to Theorize Justice and the Market; 6. Freedom, Freedoms, and the Market; 6.1 Introduction

6.2 The Market and Autonomy6.3 'Enriching' Economic Freedom; 6.4 The Social Structures of Freedom; 6.5 Conclusion: the Contexts of Freedom; 7. The Market in History; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Two Ways of Describing History; 7.3 Conclusion: Understanding the Market in Its Time; 7.3.1 Economic history and general history; 7.3.2 'A picture held us captive'; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 29, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-165570-8

1-299-48631-2

OCLC:

922971888