In The Two Centuries Since The Death Of Adam Smith, Much Has Been Written About His Ideas And His Works: A Comprehensive Hagiography Has Developed Which Now Surrounds, And Perhaps Even Obscures, The Author Of The Wealth Of Nations. In Adam Smith Reviewed The Contributors Take A Fresh Look At The Cogency And Value Of Smith's Work. Respected Writers From The Different Disciplines Describe And Reconsider Smith's Treatment Of Topics From The Full And Remarkable Range Of His Interests - Astronomy, Aesthetics, Economics, Jurisprudence, Rhetoric, Moral Philosophy. By Acknowledging The Breadth Of The Scope, And By Recreating The Context In Which He Worked, The Editors Have Brought Together A Volume Which Will Do Much To Remove Some Of Times Accretions, Allowing Smith To Be Seen Less As An Icon Of Economic Theory And More As A Consistently Interesting And Provoking Thinker.--book Jacket. Introduction / Peter Jones -- 1. Lectures On Rhetoric And Belles Lettres / J. C. Bryce -- 2. Adam Smith: Grammatical Economist / Frans Plank -- 3. The Aesthetics Of Adam Smith / Peter Jones -- 4. 'the History Of Astronomy': A Twentieth-century View / H. Christopher Longuet-higgins -- 5. Adam Smith 1790: The Man Recalled; The Philosopher Revived / D. D. Raphael -- 6. Ethics And Casuistry In Adam Smith / R. S. Downie -- 7. Adam Smith: Ethics And Self-love / Andrew S. Skinner -- 8. The Influence Of Smith's Jurisprudence On Legal Education In Scotland / John W. Cairns -- 9. Virtue And Improvement: The Civic World Of Adam Smith / John Dwyer -- 10. Political Economy: Adam Smith And His Scottish Predecessors / Andrew S. Skinner. Edited By Peter Jones And Andrew S. Skinner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Aims to take a fresh look at and a careful consideration of the cogency and value of Adam Smith's work. Writers in the various fields describe and assess topics from the range of his thought - astronomy, economics, jurisprudence, rhetoric and moral philosophy.
