The Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution /

Historians of ideas have traditionally discussed the significance of the French Revolution through the prism of several major interpretations, including the commentaries of Burke, Tocqueville and Marx. This book argues that the Scottish Enlightenment offered an alternative and equally powerful inter...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plassart, Anna, 1983-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Colección:Ideas in context ; 111.
Temas:
1789-1799
Enlightenment > Scotland > Influence.
Siècle des Lumières > Écosse > Influence.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Enlightenment > Influence.
Philosophy.
War > Causes.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Philosophy.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Causes.
France.
Scotland.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 1802-1815: 7 The French Revolution and the Edinburgh Review.
  • 8. Commerce, war and empire.

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