Anna Plassart

The Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers the first study of the Scottish Enlightenment reception and interpretation of the French Revolution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781107091764
• ISBN-10: 1107091764
• Artikelnr.: 42364434

Autorenporträt

Anna Plassart is a Junior Research Fellow in Modern History at Christ Church, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Burke-Paine Debate and Scotland's Science of Man: 1. The Burke-Paine debate and the Scottish Enlightenment
2. The heritage of Hume and Smith: Scotland's science of man and politics
Part II. The 1790s: 3. Scotland's political debate
4. James Mackintosh and Scottish philosophical history
5. John Millar and the Scottish discussion on war, modern sociability and national sentiment
6. Adam Ferguson on democracy and empire
Part III. 1802-15: 7. The French Revolution and the Edinburgh Review
8. Commerce, war and empire
Conclusion.