Reading “Adam Smith”: Desire, History, and Value

ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: SAGE Publications Inc

FORMAT: Hardback

ISBN: 9780803945845

RRP: £40.00

PAGES: 176

PUBLICATION DATE:
March 4, 1993

BUY THIS BOOK

As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Reading “Adam Smith”: Desire, History, and Value

Michael J. Shapiro

This innovative study, by one of the most progressive political theorists of his generation, challenges the traditional ways of constructing and celebrating the corpus of political theory.Shapiro explores modernity via a reading of Adam Smith, confronting his philosophy and focusing on what he calls `the Smith effect’, the dimensions of which are integral to modern capitalist political economy and the construction of the social, political and moral within that system.

ALSO ON BOOKS FROM SCOTLAND

Spring 2026 Round Up of Scots & Gaelic Releases

‘Discover Jansson’s uninhibited imagination full of love, kindness, and adventure.’
Walking Edinburgh’s Lost Railways By Robin Howie and John McGregor

‘In earlier times it was a site where lovers came to relax and dream, hence the beautiful traditiona …
David Robinson Reviews: The Loch of the Bees

‘The past’s current flows through the characters in his fiction so strongly that it almost becomes t …
The Nightkeeper’s Apprentice by Jude Reid

‘She’d never seen anything like it. The whole sky was lit up in ribbons of colour – blue, green, yel …
David Robinson Interviews: Gavin Francis

‘He’s not my GP so I can’t say this for sure, but based on this book – wise, informed, well-written, …
The Cromarty Library Circle by Shona MacLean

‘No one in the room could have been unaware of what it was that Dr Fraser alluded to. The horrors pe …