Jealousy of Trade - International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective (Paperback)

This collection explores eighteenth-century theories of international market competition that continue to be relevant for the twenty-first century. "Jealousy of trade" refers to a particular conjunction between politics and the economy that emerged when success in international trade became a matter of the military and political survival of nations. Today, it would be called "economic nationalism," and in this book Istvan Hont connects the commercial politics of nationalism and globalization in the eighteenth century to theories of commercial society and Enlightenment ideas of the economic limits of politics.The book begins with an analysis of how the notion of "commerce" was added to Hobbes's "state of nature" by Samuel Pufendorf. Hont then considers British neo-Machiavellian political economy after the Glorious Revolution. From there he moves to a novel interpretation of the political economy of the Scottish Enlightenment, particularly of David Hume and Adam Smith, concluding with a conceptual history of nation-state and nationalism in the French Revolution.Jealousy of Trade combines political theory with intellectual history, illuminating the past but also considering the challenges of today.

General

Imprint:	The Belknap Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	2005
Authors:	Istvan Hont
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 37mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	560
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-05577-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > International economics > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
LSN:	0-674-05577-2
Barcode:	9780674055773

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