Adam Smith (1723-90) is well known as the author of The Wealth of Nations and as a champion of free enterprise but he also wrote on moral philosophy and lectured on rhetoric and jurisprudence. This collection reveals a new portrait of the well known economist, not as a simple-minded champion of free trade but as an interdisciplinary social scientist with a moral philosophy for the modern world. His legacy should not be restricted to economics and to the English-speaking world.

Preface - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Adam Smith (1723-90): A biographical Sketch; I.Ross - The Practical System of Morality in Adam Smith; H.Shinohara - The Aesthetics of Adam Smith; P.Jones - Adam Smith's Lectures on Jurisprudence; J.W.Cairns - Adam Smith: Scottish Moral Philosopher as Political Economist; D.Winch - Smith, Steuart and Hume; A.S.Skinner - Adam Smith in the Scottish Enlightenment; J.Dwyer - Adam Smith in Germany; N.Waszek - Adam Smith and American Academic Moral Philosophers and Philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution; R.J.Fechner - The Introduction of Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy to French Thought; T.Ando - A French Reading of the Wealth of Nations in 1790; D.Diatkine The Diffusion of the Economic Thought of Adam Smith in Italy; G.Gioli - Adam Smith in Russia; A.Anikin - Adam Smith in India; J.S. Narayan Rao - Adam Smith in China; Z.Shaowen - Adam Smith in Japan; C.Sugiyama, I.Omori & H.Takemoto - Conclusion; H.Mizuta - Index