Politics in commercial society : Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith / Istvan Hont ; edited by Béla Kapossy and Michael Sonenscher.

Author/creator Hont, Istvan author.
Other author Kapossy, Bela, 1965- editor.
Other author Sonenscher, Michael editor.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Descriptionxxi, 138 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Commercial sociability : the Jean-Jacques Rousseau problem -- Commercial sociability : the Adam Smith problem -- Histories of government : which comes first, judges or the law? -- Histories of government : republics, inequality, and revolution? -- Political economy : markets, households, and invisible hands -- Political economy : nationalism, emulation, and war.
General noteText of the six Carlyle Lectures on the thought of Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau that Hont gave at Oxford University in the Hilary Term of 2009.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2014042119
ISBN9780674967700 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN0674967704 hardcover alkaline paper

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HB74 .P65 H658 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold