Alfred Marshall (1842-1924) was one of the founders of modern economics. This book shows how Marshall's distinctive contributions to modern economics grew out of his early development of a neo-Hegelian social philosophy, which itself was the product of a youthful crisis of religious faith.
'This reconstruction of the foundations of Alfred Marshall's social philosophy is the product of original research on the manuscripts that reveal the breadth and depth of Marshall's intellectual concerns during his apprenticeship years. In addition to being a thorough contextual study of the intellectual origins of Marshall's better-known economic writings, Simon Cook's book helps to explain those pervasive idealistic and historical dimensions to Marshall's work that have often perplexed even his closest followers.' Donald Winch, University of Sussex
