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<p>Scholars normally emphasize the contrast between the two great eighteenth-century thinkers Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith. Rousseau is seen as a critic of modernity, Smith as an apologist. Istvan Hont, however, finds significant commonalities in their work, arguing that both were theorists of commercial society and from surprisingly similar perspectives.<br><br>In making his case, Hont begins with the concept of commercial society and explains why that concept has much in common with wh

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Author

Istvan Hont; Béla Kapossy; Michael Sonenscher

Publisher

Harvard University, Department of Sanskrit & Indian Studies

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674286177

Category

business

Subjects

Business, History, Philosophy

Rating

4.9 / 5 (11 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14