An Age of Risk : Politics and Economy in Early Modern Britain /

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In "An Age of Risk", Emily Nacol shows that risk, now treated as a permanent feature of our lives, did not always govern understandings of the future. Focusing on the epistemological, political, and economic writings of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, and Adam Smith, Nacol explains...

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Autor principal: Nacol, Emily C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679
Hume, David, > 1711-1776
Locke, John, > 1632-1704
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790 > Philosophy.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776 > Philosophy.
Locke, John, > 1632-1704 > Philosophy.
Hobbes, Thomas, > 1588-1679 > Philosophy.
Risk > Sociological aspects.
Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
Risque > Aspect sociologique.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1603-1714 (Stuarts)
Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > History > Stuarts, 1603-1714.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • "Experience concludeth nothing universally" : Hobbes and the groundwork for a political theory of risk
  • The risks of political authority : trust, knowledge, and political agency in Locke's politics and economy
  • Hume's fine balance : on probability, fear, and the risks of trade
  • Adventurous spirits and clamoring sophists : Smith on the problem of risk in political economy
  • An age of risk, a liberalism of anxiety.

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