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Author Berry, Christopher J

Title Social theory of the Scottish Enlightenment / Christopher J. Berry
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh Univversity Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages)
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Enlightenment and Scotland -- 2 Sociality and the Critique of Individualism -- 3 Science, Explanation and History -- 4 Social Diversity -- 5 Social History -- 6 Commercial Society -- 7 Social Values -- 8 Reading the Scottish Enlightenment -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers a clear interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these thinkers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-220) and index
Notes English
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Subject Social sciences -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
Social sciences -- Scotland -- Philosophy
Philosophy, Scottish -- 18th century.
Enlightenment -- Scotland
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
Enlightenment
Philosophy, Scottish
Social sciences
Social sciences -- Philosophy
Sozialphilosophie
Aufklärung
Schotse School.
Sociale filosofie.
Scotland
Schottland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585060835
9780585060835
9780748673865
0748673865