Overview
- Introduces Adam Smith's Rhetoric Lectures, contextualising their importance alongside the work of Addison and Burke
- Considers the consequences of language for economic theory
- Brings together economic theory and philosophy in one study
- Presents the Scottish Enlightenment as an innovative event with its own characteristics
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Book Title: The Birth of Economic Rhetoric
Book Subtitle: Communication, Arts and Economic Stimulus in David Hume and Adam Smith
Authors: Estrella Trincado
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14306-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14305-3Published: 11 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14306-0Published: 28 March 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 218
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Cultural Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Theoretical Linguistics