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Date/Time
Date(s) - 24/03/2015
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location
AFP Auditorium
Categories
Episode 2
« The Wealth of Nations », a new gospel ?
This second episode inspects Adam Smith’s theories in his texts through numerous examples . Smith was a curious/inquisitive observer of his time and a ferocious believer in Progress. The episode also highlights his social concerns which were intentionally overlooked. A crossing through the history of thought and societies during which we also come across the African philosopher Wilhem Amo, a freed slave from Ghana, who had studied in Germany.
“La richesse des nations”, nouvel évangile ?
Exemples à l’appui, ce deuxième épisode réexamine dans le texte les théories d’Adam Smith, observateur curieux de son époque et doté d’une foi inébranlable dans le progrès. Mais il rappelle surtout ses préoccupations sociales, délibérément oubliées. Une traversée de l’histoire des idées et des sociétés au cours de laquelle on croise aussi le philosophe africain Anton Wilhelm Amo, esclave affranchi d’origine ghanéenne, qui avait étudié en Allemagne.
