The Bourgeois and the Savage : A Marxian Critique of the Image of the Isolated Individual in Defoe, Turgot and Smith /: A Marxian Critique of the Image of the Isolated Individual in Defoe, Turgot and Smith. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Il borghese e il selvaggio: L'immagine dell'uomo isolato nei paradigm di Defoe, Turgot e Adam Smith
• Further Information: Note: Alfonso Maurizio Iacono, Leigh-Anne Wendy Mazzoncini.
• Authors: Iacono, Alfonso Maurizio
• Other Names: Mazzoncini, Leigh-Anne Wendy translator.
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Robinson Crusoe's Adventure on the Island: from the Isolated Economy to Political Supremacy 2.1 The problem concerning Robinson's survival on the island2.2. Robinson's Encounter with Friday Chapter 3: An Attempt to Explain the Theory of Value: Turgot's simplification3.1. The determination of value and assessment of individual resources3.2 The concept of progress: The problem of historical "circumstances" Chapter 4: "The rude state of society" and the reason of abundance: Adam Smith's model 4.1. The common stock as a differential concept4.2. The rude state of society as an assembly of isolated people4.3. The individuals and the structure of unintentional relationships4.4. Conclusions Chapter 5: Political Pihlosophy on "The Gift": Sahlin's Interpretation5.1. Sahlin's Thesis5.2. Mauss and Hobbes5.3. Hobbes and Durkhein5.4. Political Economy and Durkheim5.5. Durkheim and Mauss5.6. Final Comment.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (147 pages)
• Subjects: Political science; Political theory; Political philosophy; Political sociology; Political economy; Philosophy -- Political; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; History -- Europe -- General; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Social & political philosophy; Sociology; European history; Political economy; Political Science -- History & Theory; Political science & theory; Europe--History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030395087
• Related ISBNs: 9783030395070
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