NEWS OF NEW BOOK ON ADAM SMITH BY GAVIN KENNEDY

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An Authentic Account of Adam Smith

Gavin Kennedy

To be published by Palgrave-Macmillan, 1st September, 2017

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.

       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.

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.

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