Adam Smith's Cultural Influence and the Sin of Pride

Michael Brown

Adam Smith's Cultural Influence and the Sin of Pride

Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies

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Abstract

Adam Smith is not famous for his cultural views. He did not write a novel, he was not a poet, nor did he express a fashionable interest in art and antiquity. By reputation his concern was with the world of factories, papers mills and coal mines – not that of newsprint, of squibs and libels, nor that of salon sophisticates, of philosophical speculation and ironic detachment from matters of concern. That was the world his friend David Hume inhabited and one from which Smith at times seems to have kept a studied distance...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adam Smith
Subtitle of host publication	The Kirkcaldy Papers
Editors	Roger Mullin, Robbie Mochrie, Craig Smith
Place of Publication	Kirkcaldy
Publisher	Adam Smith Global Foundation
Pages	86-95
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-1-3999-7960-3
Publication status	Published - 30 Nov 2023
Event	Adam Smith: The Kirkcaldy Papers - Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom Duration: 30 Nov 2023 → 30 Nov 2023 https://www.adamsmithglobalfoundation.com/event-details-registration/adam-smith-the-kirkcaldy-papers-book-launch-the-old-kirk-kirkcaldy

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Conference	Adam Smith
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Kirkcaldy
Period	30/11/23 → 30/11/23
Internet address	https://www.adamsmithglobalfoundation.com/event-details-registration/adam-smith-the-kirkcaldy-papers-book-launch-the-old-kirk-kirkcaldy

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