Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought

This paper places Adam Smith within the long republican tradition, and offers an emancipatory reflection on the possible space of republican freedom within societies that harbour certain degrees of market activity. In doing so, it seeks to offer some criteria on the kind of political-institutional a...

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Autor: Casassas, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Capitalisme
Republicanisme
Teoria econòmica
Capitalism
Republicanism
Economic theory
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spelling Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory ThoughtCasassas, DavidCapitalismeRepublicanismeTeoria econòmicaCapitalismRepublicanismEconomic theoryThis paper places Adam Smith within the long republican tradition, and offers an emancipatory reflection on the possible space of republican freedom within societies that harbour certain degrees of market activity. In doing so, it seeks to offer some criteria on the kind of political-institutional action that can be taken in modern societies in order to constitute markets that respect, and even promote, republican freedom. The paper is divided into four sections. Section 1 shows why Adam Smith's ethical-political analysis, which was very influential in the shaping of classical political economy, can be presented as part of the broad republican tradition. Section 2 reflects on the possibilities for a realisation of republican freedom within markets. What I call 'commercial republicanism' is here analysed as a project for modern societies. Section 3 assesses the difficulties for commercial republicanism to unfold within capitalist societies, the structural features of which prevent individuals and groups from enjoying the kind of undominated social relations the republican tradition has always pleaded for. Finally, section 4 draws some conclusions on the epistemic and political meanings of commercial republicanism as an emancipatory project for contemporary societies.World Economics Association2017201720132017info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion19 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/110983Articles publicats en revistes (Sociologia)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: http://www.worldeconomicsassociation.org/files/journals/economicthought/WEA-ET-2-2-Casassas.pdfEconomic Thought. History, Philosophy, and Methodology, 2013, vol. 2, num. 2, p. 1-19cc-by-nc (c) Casassas, David, 2013http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/1109832026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
spellingShingle Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
Casassas, David
Capitalisme
Republicanisme
Teoria econòmica
Capitalism
Republicanism
Economic theory
title_short Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
title_full Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
title_fullStr Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
title_full_unstemmed Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
title_sort Adam Smiths' Republican Moment: Lessons for Today's Emancipatory Thought
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casassas, David
author Casassas, David
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Capitalisme
Republicanisme
Teoria econòmica
Capitalism
Republicanism
Economic theory
topic Capitalisme
Republicanisme
Teoria econòmica
Capitalism
Republicanism
Economic theory
description This paper places Adam Smith within the long republican tradition, and offers an emancipatory reflection on the possible space of republican freedom within societies that harbour certain degrees of market activity. In doing so, it seeks to offer some criteria on the kind of political-institutional action that can be taken in modern societies in order to constitute markets that respect, and even promote, republican freedom. The paper is divided into four sections. Section 1 shows why Adam Smith's ethical-political analysis, which was very influential in the shaping of classical political economy, can be presented as part of the broad republican tradition. Section 2 reflects on the possibilities for a realisation of republican freedom within markets. What I call 'commercial republicanism' is here analysed as a project for modern societies. Section 3 assesses the difficulties for commercial republicanism to unfold within capitalist societies, the structural features of which prevent individuals and groups from enjoying the kind of undominated social relations the republican tradition has always pleaded for. Finally, section 4 draws some conclusions on the epistemic and political meanings of commercial republicanism as an emancipatory project for contemporary societies.
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