The Adam Smith Review: Volume 1 [Paperback]

The Adam Smith Review is a multidisciplinary refereed annual review that covers all aspects of research relating to Adam Smith, his writings, and his significance for the modern world. It is the only publication of its kind and it aims to facilitate debate between scholars working across the humanities and social sciences.

This first volume contains contributions from a multidisciplinary range of specialists, including Stephen Darwall, Samuel Fleischacker, Willie Henderson, Takashi Negishi, Ian Simpson Ross, Emma Rothschild, Richard B. Sher, Ernst Tugendhat, Gloria Vivenza and Patricia H. Werhane, who discuss such themes as:

• the reception of the Wealth of Nations
• the classics and Adam Smith
• Adam Smith and Kant
• Adam Smith and disequilibrium economic theory

This book aims to provide a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith's works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world.Vivienne Brown is Professor of Intellectual History at the Open university, UK.Articles 1. New light on the publication and reception of the Wealth of Nations Richard B. Sher 2. Adam Smith and disequilibrium economic history Takashi Negishi 3. 'Great works upon the anvil' in 1785: Adam Smith's projected corpus of philosophy Ian Simpson Ross^l 4. A very cautious,or a very polite, Dr Smith?: hedging in the Wealth of Nations Willie Henderson^l Translation 5. Introduction to Translation Christel Fricke 6. Universalistically approved intersubjective attitudes: Adam Smith Ernst Tugendhat (translated by Bernard Schriebl) Perspectives on recent developments in Adam Smith scholarship 7. Reading Adam Smith in the light of the Classics Gloria Vivenza Symposium on Emma Rothschild's El: