Cecil E. Bohanon, Michelle Albert Vachris

Pride and Profit

The Intersection of Jane Austen and Adam Smith

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Produktbeschreibung

Pride and Profit explores the ways in which Jane Austenâ s novels interact with the ideas of economist Adam Smith. Bohanon and Vachris show how Smithian perspectives on virtue are depicted in Austenâ s novels and how Smithâ s and Austenâ s perspectives reflect and define the bourgeois culture of the Enlightenment and industrial revolution.

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Produktdetails

• Capitalist Thought: Studies in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780739191835
• ISBN-10: 0739191837
• Artikelnr.: 44030413

Autorenporträt

Cecil E. Bohanon is professor of economics at Ball State University. Michelle Albert Vachris is professor of economics at Christopher Newport University.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction: Why Jane Austen and Adam Smith? 2 A General Introduction to
Smith's Moral Theory 3 Virtues and Vices in Smith 4 Self-Command in Sense
and Sensibility 5 Prudence, Benevolence, and Justice in Mansfield Park 6
Vanity in Persuasion 7 Pride in Pride and Prejudice 8 Greed and Promises in
Northanger Abbey 9 Man of System and Impartial Spectator in Emma 10 Land
Rents, Income, and Entails 11 Representation of Business in Smith and
Austen: Adopting the Bourgeois Virtues 12 Social Rank in Smith and Austen
13 Reflections on the Intersection between Jane Austen and Adam Smith and
its Relevance for Today