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ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
Publications - Renaud Adam
No full textNous avons le plaisir de vous annoncer la parution récente de plusieurs ouvrages de l'un de nos membres : Vivre et imprimer dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux (des origines à la Réforme), 2 t., par Renaud Adam (ULiège/Transitions) publié à Turnhout, Brepols, 2018 (http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503550152-1). Incunabula Namurcensia. Catalogue des incunables conservés à la Bibliothèque Universitaire Moretus Plantin de l'Université de Namur et à la Bibliothèque du C..
Considérations sur la construction et l’affirmation de l’identité patrimoniale de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique
No full textIntervention de Renaud Adam (université de Liège) dans le cadre de la journée d\u27étude "La fabrique du patrimoine écrit : objets, acteurs, usages sociaux"
Séminaire - 26/04/2016 - Renaud Adam - L'imprimerie
No full textSéminaire - Les rouages de l’État bourguignon (XIVe–XVIe siècles) Lieu: Université de Liège, Grand Physique (Bât. A1) Date de l’événement: 26/04/2016, 14h-16h Thème : L’imprimerie Intervenant : Renaud ADAM (Université de Liège) Législation et imprimerie dans les anciens Pays-Bas (XVe-XVIe s.) Actualité, bilan et perspective Modérateur : Anne SCHOYSMAN (Université de Sienne) Organisation : [email protected] et [email protected] Voir l'affiche du séminaire Source: ULg/Transit..
Séminaire - 26/04/2016 - Renaud Adam - L'imprimerie
No full textSéminaire - Les rouages de l’État bourguignon (XIVe–XVIe siècles) Lieu: Université de Liège, Grand Physique (Bât. A1) Date de l’événement: 26/04/2016, 14h-16h Thème : L’imprimerie Intervenant : Renaud ADAM (Université de Liège) Législation et imprimerie dans les anciens Pays-Bas (XVe-XVIe s.) Actualité, bilan et perspective Modérateur : Anne SCHOYSMAN (Université de Sienne) Organisation : [email protected] et [email protected] Voir l'affiche du séminaire Source: ULg/Transit..
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
L’Histoire de Saint sacrement de Miracle d’Étienne Ydens (1605), œuvre de dévotion ou œuvre polémique ?
No full textpeer reviewedDuring his research on the printed tradition of the history of the Miracle of Blessed Sacrament written in the seventeenth century by canon Étienne Ydens († 1615), Renaud Adam not only studied the personality of the author, but also the way the story of the Eucharistic miracle in Brussels had been adopted for politico-religious purposes. The canon of Saint Gudule used the text on the profanation of the hosts dating from the last third of the fourteenth century, to attack Protestantism and the - according to him equally dangerous - witchcraft. The study of the seventeenth century editions showed that the tone of the work gradually became less controversial, proving that Protestantism and witchcraft were considered a less significant threat than at the time of the redaction of the story by Ydens.L’étude de la tradition imprimée de l'histoire du Saint sacrement de Miracle du chanoine Étienne Ydens († 1615) au XVIIe siècle est l’occasion, pour Renaud Adam, de revenir non seulement sur la personnalité de son auteur, mais également sur l’instrumentalisation du récit du miracle eucharistique bruxellois à des fins politico-religieuses. Le chanoine de Sainte-Gudule a ainsi profité du récit de la profanation des hosties dans le dernier tiers du XIVe siècle pour s’attaquer de front à la religion protestante et à la sorcellerie, tout aussi dangereuse à ses yeux que le protestantisme. L’examen des éditions parues au cours du XVIIe siècle a montré que le caractère polémique de l’œuvre s’est progressivement atténué au fil du temps, preuve que le protestantisme et la sorcellerie n’ont plus constitué une menace aussi importante qu’à l’époque de la rédaction d’Ydens
Adam Chapnick, The Middle Power Project : Canada and the Founding of the United Nations, 2005
No full textRenaud Frédéric. Adam Chapnick, The Middle Power Project : Canada and the Founding of the United Nations, 2005. In: Revue Québécoise de droit international, volume 20-1, 2007. pp. 509-514
Adam Chapnick, The Middle Power Project : Canada and the Founding of the United Nations, 2005
No full textRenaud Frédéric. Adam Chapnick, The Middle Power Project : Canada and the Founding of the United Nations, 2005. In: Revue Québécoise de droit international, volume 20-1, 2007. pp. 509-514
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
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