Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of the people as a political force with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the politic... Lees meer.

The purpose of the present study is to present the life and work and thought of a remarkable pioneering figure on the Scottish scene over the middle half broadly of the eighteenth century in their dynamic relations with that most extraordinary intellectual awakening... Lees meer.

By exploring the writings of Mandeville Hume and Smith this book offers a critique of Hayek s theory of cultural evolution and explores the roots of his powerful defence of liberalism. This book is an original contribution to the debate and vital reading for research... Lees meer.

In the Enlightenments it was often argued that moral conduct rather than adherence to theological doctrine was the true measure of religious belief. The author argues that this enlightened emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on arguments from reason alone th... Lees meer.

Social clubs as they existed in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scotland were varied. they could be convivial sporting or scholarly or they could be a significant and dynamic social force committed to improvement and national regeneration as well as to soc... Lees meer.

The second edition of this Companion presents a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century phenomenon that has had a profound influence on Western culture. A distinguished team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume Adam Smith Thomas Reid Adam Fe... Lees meer.

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Dugald Stewart s Empire of the Mind recasts the cultivation of a democratic intellect in the late Scottish Enlightenment. It comprises an intellectual history of what was at stake in moral education during a transitional period of revolutionary change between 1772 and 1... Lees meer.

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This collection foregrounds progress as improvement as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland s post-1707 project of modernization a narrative both shaped and ref... Lees meer.

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Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of the people as a political force with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the politic... Lees meer.

This book examines how enlightened Scottish social theorists c.1740 to c.1800 understood the origin and development of religion. Robin Mills new book is a comprehensive and insightful account of the academic study of religion by philosophers in the Scottish Enligh... Lees meer.

An engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume s understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalism Capitalist critique and proletarian reasoning fit for our time - Peter Linebaugh Taking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Davi... Lees meer.

Making British Culture explores an under-appreciated factor in the emergence of a recognisably British culture. Specifically it examines the experiences of English readers between around 1707 and 1830 as they grappled in a variety of circumstances with the great effu... Lees meer.