The Adam Smith Review

The Adam Smith Review is a refereed multidisciplinary scholarly annual review, sponsored by the International Adam Smith Society, which provides a unique forum for vigorous debate and the highest standards of scholarship on all aspects of Adam Smith's works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world.

CURRENT ISSUE

Volume 5 of the Adam Smith Review appeared in 2010.  Edited by Samuel Fleischacker and Vivienne Brown, this special issue is dedicated to the theme of The Philosophy of Adam Smith, and features selected contributions from the IASS Conference held in January 2009 at Balliol College, Oxford in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of The Theory of Moral Sentiments. The volume features essays by D. D. Raphael, Emma Rothschild, Angelica Nuzzo, Charles Griwsold, Bence Nanay, Stephen Darwall, Geoffrey Sayre-McCord, Fonna Forman-Barzilai, Alice MacLachlan, Robert Urquhart, Ryan Hanley, Arby Siraki, Patrick Frierson, and Ian S. Ross.  For complete details, see here.

FORTHCOMING ISSUE

2010 will also see the publication of ASR Volume 6, which includes guest-edited symposia on "Adam Smith and the Moral Society" and "The Fate of Anglo-American Capitalism," as well as several additional essays and book reviews.  Volume contents available here.

With Volume 6, ASR also welcomes its new editor-in-chief, Fonna Forman-Barzilai, and its new book editor, Craig Smith.  The transition offers the Society an opportunity to express its gratitude to Vivienne Brown, founding editor of the ASR, for all of her service to the Review and to the Society.

The Adam Smith Review aims to facilitate debate between scholars working from different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. It is intended as a resource for Adam Smith scholarship in the widest sense, and the Editor welcomes suggestions and proposals for future developments.