Political Vanity

Adam Ferguson on the Moral Tensions of Early Capitalism

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Nonfiction, History, British, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: Matthew B. Arbo ISBN: 9781451484397
Publisher: Fortress Press Publication: June 1, 2014
Imprint: Fortress Press Language: English
Author: Matthew B. Arbo
ISBN: 9781451484397
Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication: June 1, 2014
Imprint: Fortress Press
Language: English

Political Vanity aims to illuminate the central debates over the historical, moral, and political legitimacy of market capitalism as though still profoundly theological in character. This theological sensitivity is achieved by keeping conversation with central theorists of the Scottish Enlightenment, in particular the philosopher and sociologist Adam Ferguson. Ferguson was a contemporary of Hume and Smith, and actively questioned many of the pillars of early capitalism on theological grounds. Namely:

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Political Vanity aims to illuminate the central debates over the historical, moral, and political legitimacy of market capitalism as though still profoundly theological in character. This theological sensitivity is achieved by keeping conversation with central theorists of the Scottish Enlightenment, in particular the philosopher and sociologist Adam Ferguson. Ferguson was a contemporary of Hume and Smith, and actively questioned many of the pillars of early capitalism on theological grounds. Namely:

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