Social theory of the Scottish Enlightenment /
David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers a clear interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these thinkers.
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh Univversity Press, ©1997. |
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers a clear interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these thinkers. David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers the student a clear, accessible interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these historically significant thinkers. Organised thematically, it takes the student through their accounts of social institutions, their critique of individualism, their methodology, their views of progress and of moral and cultural values. By taking human sociality as their premise, the book shows how they produced important analyses of historical change, politics and morality, together with an assessment of their own commercial society. |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-220) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585060835 0748673865 9780585060835 9780748673865 |