INTELLECTUAL FILTERS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF SMITHIANISM AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Abstract

Adfam Smith’s thought reached every corner of the world in a short lapse of time but made its entrance through institutional, cultural, linguistic, religious and political filters. These filters are not neutral and affected the reading, understanding and use of Smithian ideas. I chose the keyword ‘intellectual filters’ to denote all of the contextual elements whose influence determines whether and how a foreign paradigm penetrates a country and creates its effects.