The Scottish Enlightenment

Human Nature, Social Theory and Moral Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Christopher J. Berry

R. J. W. Mills, Craig Smith (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

264 Seiten

2021
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-6731-5 (ISBN)

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11 specially commissioned essays examine the Scottish Enlightenment's contributions to commercial society, the ‘science of human nature’ and the emergence of the modern political economy.

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.

Craig Smith is Professor of the History of Political Thought in the School of Social and Political Sciences at The University of Glasgow.

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

PrefaceFonna Forman

1. Introduction: The Work of Christopher J. Berry – An AppreciationR. 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 NatureR. J. W. Mills

4. The Rough Edges of Civilisation in the Scottish EnlightenmentCraig Smith

5. The Stickiness of Manners? The Progress of Middling Rank Manners in David Hume, Adam Smith and John MillarSpyridon Tegos

6. ‘The Happiest and Most Honourable Period of My Life’: Adam Smith’s Service to the University of GlasgowRyan Patrick Hanley

7. Adam Smith on Political LeadershipEric Schliesser

8. Adam Smith and the Virtue of Punctuality: An Essay in Honour of Christopher BerryMaria Pia Paganelli

9. Civility and Slavery: The Problematic Basis of Civilised Society in Hume’s History of EnglandNaohito Mori

10. Hume as Forerunner of the Sociology of Emotions the effect of context, comparison and sympathy on the genesis of prideAna Marta González

11. The Reception and Study of David Hume’s Economic Thought in ChinaZhang Zheng-ping

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Erscheinungsdatum	08.04.2021
Zusatzinfo	1 black and white table
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	548 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-4744-6731-8 / 1474467318
ISBN-13	978-1-4744-6731-5 / 9781474467315
Zustand	Neuware