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Book SynopsisTrade Review"To call it revisionist is to understate its ambitions; revolutionary might be more appropriate."
---Max Skjönsberg, Adam Smith Works"[A]n excellent book, a book which has some claim to be the most decisive contribution to the understanding of the importance of the relevance of the eighteenth century to modern political thought published in the last half-century."
---James Alexander, European Journal of Political Theory"Sagar’s emphasis on putting the political back into the study of Smithian political economy bears significant fruit. . . . In this volume Sagar has given us a Smith worth reconsidering, and, indeed, one worth encountering again for insights into the virtues, vices, strengths, and weaknesses of the modern world."
---Jordan J. Ballor, Law & Liberty"Richly rewarding, always intelligent. . . . All students of Smith’s political, historical, and moral thought should read Sagar’s book, and in that spirit I heartily commend this volume to fellow Smithian scholars."
---Christopher J. Berry, Perspectives on Politics"Sagar delivers a fresh Smith, a rather unusual and highly complex thinker, far outstripping his caricature. Sagar’s volume resets the clock on Smith studies….
Adam Smith Reconsidered: History, Liberty, and the Foundations of Modern Politics is a first-rate book."
---Graham James McAleer, Perspectives on Political Science"A model of historical political scholarship."
---Philip Bunn, The Review of Politics"[A] thoughtful and insightful addition to the secondary literature on Smith."
---Jason Ferrell, Society
