Psychoanalytic Studies of the Work of Adam Smith : Towards a Theory of Moral Development and Social Relations

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An intersubjective interpretation of sympathy -- 3 Sympathy, empathy and evidence from developmental psychology -- 4 The impartial spectator, conscience and morality -- 5 The role of the Deity in Smith's moral system -- 6 A known world: An analysis of defenses in Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments -- 7 Defenses and morality: Adam Smith, Sigmund Freud and contemporary psychoanalysis -- 8 An evolutionary psychological and adaptive defenses view of relations between markets and morality -- 9 On dependency -- 10 On friendship -- 11 A Jungian interpretation of the place of women in Smith's works -- 12 Conclusions -- Index