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题名/责任者:

A philosopher's economist : Hume and the rise of capitalism / Margaret Schabas, Carl Wennerlind.

出版发行项:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2023.

ISBN:

9780226824024

载体形态项:

xv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

个人责任者:

Schabas, Margaret, 1954- author.

附加个人名称:

Wennerlind, Carl, author.

个人名称主题:

Hume, David,-1711-1776-Influence.

论题主题:

Economics-Philosophy.

论题主题:

Capitalism-Philosophy.

中图法分类号:

K835.615.3

一般附注:

Originally published: 2020.

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

摘要附注:

David Hume's contributions span every branch of human inquiry: ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, aesthetics, religion, and economics. While reams of scholarship have been devoted to Hume's thought, his work on economics is still relatively unexplored. In this book, philosopher Margaret Schabas and intellectual historian Carl Wennerlind provide the definitive account of Hume's "worldly philosophy." Hume, they show, was intent on getting out of the armchair and ensuring that his philosophy had practical implications-to subdue superstition, soften religious zealotry, and promote harmonious relations in modern society. Part of this endeavor involved material betterment, and Hume brought to his economic thought a richly astute understanding of human agency, of how our minds work and prompt our actions. The authors paint him as the quintessential proponent of liberalism and a dedicated supporter of commercial modernization. However, they note that he was not an unqualified enthusiast-he saw the potential of modern commerce to increase debt, fuel runaway inflation, and feed factionalism in political rule, for example, and he fretted over the potential for international conflicts to spiral out of control. Given Hume's friendship with Adam Smith, and his influence over nineteenth-century thinkers as prominent as Thomas Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and Karl Marx, a serious appraisal of this side of his oeuvre is long overdue. As two of Hume's closest readers, Schabas and Wennerlind offer just that in this delightfully wide-ranging exploration of the history of philosophy and modern economic thought.

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