Adam Smith and His Context: The Scottish Enlightenment

Cerqueira, Hugo

doi:10.2139/ssrn.791005

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Adam Smith and His Context: The Scottish Enlightenment

Hugo E. A. da Gama Cerqueira

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Cedeplar

May 2005

Cedeplar Working Paper No. 263

Abstract:
This essay argues that Adam Smith's thought should be interpreted within the intellectual context of the Scottish enlightenment. It discusses the origins and the specific nature of the enlightenment in Scotland in order to highlight the differences between the social theory of the Scottish literati and the dominant approach to economics.

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Keywords: Adam Smith, Scottish enlightenment, political economy

JEL Classification: B30, A13

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Date posted: August 31, 2005

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Cerqueira, Hugo E. A. da Gama, Adam Smith and His Context: The Scottish Enlightenment (May 2005). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=791005 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.791005

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