Inventing the market : Smith, Hegel, and political theory / Lisa Herzog.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-181) and index.

1. Introduction: In Search of 'The Market' -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. A Post-Skinnerian Approach -- 1.3. Structure of the Study -- 2. Smith's Construction of the Market: Nature's Wise Contrivances -- 2.1. Introduction: Smith against the Cliches -- 2.2. Smith's Contexts -- 2.3. Smith's System -- 2.4. Smith's Notion of Nature -- 2.5. Smith's Account of the Market Society -- 2.6. Conclusion: The Vision of General Opulence -- 3. Hegel's Construction of the Market: the 'Relics of the State of Nature' -- 3.1. Introduction: Hegel Then and Now -- 3.2. The Living and the Dead in Hegel -- 3.3. Geist and Sittlichkeit -- 3.4. Hegel's Account of the Market Society -- 3.5. Conclusion: The Modernity of the Market -- 4. The Self in the Market: Identity and Community -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. The Social Self -- 4.3. Identity in the Market -- 4.3.1. Selling one's labour -- 4.3.2. Choosing one's place -- 4.4. Conclusion: Self and Society -- 5. Justice in the Market -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Are Market Outcomes Deserved? -- 5.3. What about the Poor? -- 5.4. Conclusion: How to Theorize Justice and the Market -- 6. Freedom, Freedoms, and the Market -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. The Market and Autonomy -- 6.3. 'Enriching' Economic Freedom -- 6.4. The Social Structures of Freedom -- 6.5. Conclusion: the Contexts of Freedom -- 7. The Market in History -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Two Ways of Describing History -- 7.3. Conclusion: Understanding the Market in Its Time -- 7.3.1. Economic history and general history -- 7.3.2. 'A picture held us captive'.