Overview
- Provides an informed survey of the existing corpus of Smithian studies, as well as a number of suggested original lines of further debate
- Though not written as a biography, it often draws on details of Smith's life in order to illustrate an authentic version of his works and the ideas that informed them
- Makes extensive use of primary sources on Smith
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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About this book
This book is a textual criticism of modern ideas about the work of Adam Smith that offers a new perspective on many of his famous contributions to economic thought. Adam Smith is often hailed as a leading figure in the development of economic theories, but modern presentations of his works do not reflect Smith’s actual ideas or influence during his lifetime.
Gavin Kennedy believes that Smith’s name and legacy were often appropriated or made into myths in the 19th and 20th centuries, with many misconceptions persisting today. Offering new analysis of works on rhetoric, moral sentiments, jurisprudence, the invisible hand, The Wealth of Nations, and Smith’s very private views on religion, the book gives a new perspective on this important canonical thinker
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gavin Kennedy is Emeritus Professor, Heriot-Watt University, UK, with 33 years teaching experience in economics, defence economics, public finance, and business negotiation, at Brunel, Strathclyde, and Heriot-Watt universities, and has been a visiting lecturer at universities and colleges in Britain, Canada and Australia, and for numerous government departments. He has published widely in defence, business negotiation and classical economics, most recently, Adam Smith’s Lost Legacy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) and Adam Smith: A Moral Philosopher and His Political Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: An Authentic Account of Adam Smith
Authors: Gavin Kennedy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63802-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-63801-0Published: 19 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87639-9Published: 04 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-63802-7Published: 04 January 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 212
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, International Political Economy, Economic History