Frederick G. Whelan

Political Thought of Hume and his Contemporaries (eBook, ePUB)

Enlightenment Projects Vol. 1

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Intended for scholars in the fields of political theory, and the history of political thought, this two-volume examines David Hume's Political Thought (1711-1776) and that of his contemporaries, including Smith, Blackstone, Burke and Robertson. Political Thought of Hume and his Contemporaries: Enlightenment Projects Vol. 1 contains six in-depth studies of issues in eighteenth-century political thought, with an emphasis on topics in normative theory such as property rights, the social contract, resistance to oppressive government, and religious liberty. The central figure is David Hume, with substantial attention to Edmund Burke, Adam Smith, and others in the period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317588429
• Artikelnr.: 42008805

Autorenporträt

Frederick G. Whelan is Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a leading scholar of Enlightenment political thought.

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: 1.Vattel's Doctrine of the State 2. Robertson
Hume
and the Balance of Power 3. Hume on the Laws of Nations
Chastity
and Double Standards 4. " Contrary Effects" and the Reverse Invisible Hand in Hume and Smith 5. Population and Ideology in the Enlightenment 6. Explaining Imperial Decline in Eighteenth-Century Scottish Thought