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Wealth and Virtue: The Shaping of Political Economy in the Scottish Enlightenment

by Istvan Hont (Editor), Michael Ignatieff (Editor)
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Wealth and Virtue reassesses the remarkable contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to the formation of modern economics and to theories of capitalism. Its unique range indicates the scope of the Scottish intellectual achievement of the eighteenth century and explores the process by which the boundaries between economic thought, jurisprudence, moral philosophy and theoretical history came to be established. Dealing not only with major figures like Hume and Smith, there are also studies of lesser known thinkers like Andrew Fletcher, Gershom Carmichael, Lord Kames and John Millar as well as of Locke in the light of eighteenth century social theory, the intellectual culture of the University of Edinburgh in the middle of the eighteenth century and of the performance of the Scottish economy on the eve of the publication of the Wealth of Nations. While the scholarly emphasis is on the rigorous historical reconstruction of both theory and context, Wealth and Virtue directly addresses itself to modern political theorists and economists and throws light on a number of major focal points of controversy in legal and political philosophy.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0521312140
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0521312141
  3. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  4. Publication date
    February 28, 1986
  5. Language
    English
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 0.96 x 9 inches
  7. Print length
    384 pages
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'All the essays in Wealth and Virtue touch on issues of central significance in understanding why some of the most profound eighteenth-century thinkers felt that greater freedom in the pursuit of commerce and profit would provide a secure foundation for the stability, prosperity and peace of mankind.' Eighteenth-Century Studies

' … a significant contribution to our understanding of the Scottish Enlightenment.' Economic Journal

'All thirteen essays combine to make this volume an important study which will repay close reading.' Economic History Review

'This collection of thirteen essays is undoubtedly the high point, for the time being, in the revival of the study of the Scottish Enlightenment during the last fifteen years or so.' International Review of Social History

'The focus is Scotland, but the perspectives are wide, a strong Cambridge awareness from contemporary historical practice, but also a healthy willingness to question the received Scottish view, and to add to that view an English, a North-American, and in one valuable essay an Italian view.' Books in Scotland

' … it is clear that the provocative, erudite essays in Wealth and Virtue deserve to become the new point of departure for anyone seeking to understand eighteenth-century Scottish political economy within the philosophical context from which it sprang.' Philosophical Books

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A reassessment of the Scottish Enlightenment's remarkable contribution to modern economics and theories of capitalism.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press (February 28, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521312140
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521312141
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.34 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.96 x 9 inches
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Writer, historian, professor and politician, Michael Ignatieff was born in Canada, educated at the University of Toronto and Harvard and now lives and works in Vienna, Austria where he is a professor of history at Central European University. He is married to Zsuzsanna Zsohar and has two children. He has written biography, reportage, history, philosophy and his books have been published in many languages. His recurrent themes are the fate of human rights and liberal values in a time of convulsive change. His novel--Scar Tissue-- was nominated for the Booker Prize and his defense of academic freedom and liberal principles earned him the Dan David Prize in 2019.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 早く翻訳が再版されるといいのですが・・・
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本書は、スコットランド啓蒙、中でもアダム・スミス経済学の成立を、シヴィック・ヒューマニズム的伝統と自然法的伝統のどちらの系譜にどの程度位置づけるかを論じた論文集です。
ポーコックの『マキァヴェリアン・モーメント』等、スコットランド啓蒙研究の復興が本書成立の契機になったようです。

この方面の研究者には必読の書ですが、翻訳が入手できないので、翻訳書『富と徳』を図書館で借り、それを参照しつつ本書で読みました。

収録されている論文は主張も濃度も様々ですが、以下の論文が秀逸でした。
１．『国富論』における必要と正義（イシュトヴァン・ホント/マイクル・イグナティエフ）
６．シヴィック的伝統の極限にあるスコットランド啓蒙（ジョン・ロバートソン）
９．ケンブリッジ・パラダイムとスコットランド人哲学者―18世紀社会思想のシヴィック・ヒューマニズム的解釈と市民法学的解釈との関係の研究（J.G.A.ポーコック）
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