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Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers

Political Economy as Natural Theology: Smith, Malthus and Their Followers

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

Economics

ISBN10: 0415454816
ISBN13: 9780415454810
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 26 2017
Pages: 172
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Oslington tells the story of natural theology shaping political economy in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, emphasising continuing significance of theological issues for the discipline of economics. Early political economists such as Adam Smith, T.R. Malthus, Richard Whately, and William Whewell, extended the British scientific natural theology tradition of Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton to the social world. This volume highlights aspects of the story that are neglected in standard histories of economics, histories of science, and contemporary theology.

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