Scottish Enlightenment (eBook, ePUB)

Human Nature, Social Theory and Moral Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Christopher J. Berry
Redaktion: Mills, R. J. W.; Smith, Craig

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This collection of 11 specially commissioned essays examines the transformative contribution of the Scottish Enlightenment to modernity by examining three central themes: the Scots' pioneering conception of commercial society, the equally pioneering development of the Scots 'science of human nature' and the emergence of the modern political economy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. April 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474467339
• Artikelnr.: 72431235

Autorenporträt

Robin Mills is Leverhulme Trust Postdoctoral Fellow in History at Queen Mary, University of London. Craig Smith is Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in the Scottish Enlightenment in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Glasgow.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Introduction
Preface
Fonna Forman
1. Introduction: The Work of Christopher J. Berry - An Appreciation
R. J. W. Mills and Craig Smith
2. Scottish Enlightenment Settings For The Discussion Of The 'Science Of
Man'
Roger L. Emerson
3. The 'Almost Wilfully Perverse' Lord Monboddo and the Scottish
Enlightenment's Science of Human Nature
R. J. W. Mills
4. The Rough Edges of Civilisation in the Scottish Enlightenment
Craig Smith
5. The Stickiness of Manners? The Progress of Middling Rank Manners in
David Hume, Adam Smith and John Millar
Spyridon Tegos
6. 'The Happiest and Most Honourable Period of My Life': Adam Smith's
Service to the University of Glasgow
Ryan Patrick Hanley
7. Adam Smith on Political Leadership
Eric Schliesser
8. Adam Smith and the Virtue of Punctuality: An Essay in Honour of
Christopher Berry
Maria Pia Paganelli
9. Civility and Slavery: The Problematic Basis of Civilised Society in
Hume's History of England
Naohito Mori
10. Hume as Forerunner of the Sociology of Emotions the effect of context,
comparison and sympathy on the genesis of pride
Ana Marta González
11. The Reception and Study of David Hume's Economic Thought in China
Zhang Zheng-ping
Notes on Contributors
Index