David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

Thursday, March 30, 2023 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

• In-person event
• 303, Paterson Hall, Carleton University
• 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

• Contact
• Marc Hanvelt, mark.hanvelt@carleton.ca, 2777

Dennis C. Rasmussen
Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University

Professor Rasmussen is the author of five books, including The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought, which was shortlisted for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award and named a best book of the year in The Guardian, Bloomberg, Project Syndicate, Australian Book Review, and Five Books; Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders, which was named a best politics book of the year in the Wall Street Journal; and, most recently, The Constitution’s Penman: Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America’s Basic Charter.

This talk is sponsored by The College of the Humanities & The Department of Political Science at Carleton University, and The Institute for Liberal Studies.