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Christopher J. Berry
Christopher J. Berry is a professor (emeritus) of political theory and honorary professorial research fellow at the University of Glasgow. Among his many works are the co-edited volume The Oxford Handbook of Adam Smith (Oxford University Press, 2013), The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment (Edinburgh University Press, 2013, Japanese translation 2017, Chinese translation 2018), Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment (Edinburgh University Press, 1997, Chinese translation 2013) and The Idea of Luxury (Cambridge University Press, 1994, Chinese translation 2005). His most recent publications are Essays on Hume, Smith and the Scottish Enlightenment (Edinburgh University Press, 2018), a selection from his past work with new pieces, and the Very Short Introduction to Adam Smith (Oxford University Press, 2018). He has given an invited series of lectures and keynotes in Japan and China on several occasions as well as in Brazil, Chile, the United States and Europe, including the keynote lecture at the first In Pursuit of Luxury Conference in London, 2010. Since The Idea of Luxury, he has published a variety of essays and discussion pieces on the subject and annually gives a seminar on MA in luxury management course at UCatt in Milan. He is an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Scotland’s National Academy).
Contact: University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8RT, UK.