Enlightenment in Scotland and France

Studies in Political Thought

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

Av Mark L. Hulliung, USA) Hulliung, Mark L. (Brandeis University

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Enlightenment in Scotland and France: Studies in Political Thought provides comparative analysis of the Scottish and French Enlightenments. Studies of the two Enlightenments have previously focused on the transnational, their story one of continuity between Scottish intellectuals and French philosophes and of a mutual commitment to combat fanaticism in all its forms. This book contends that what has been missing, by and large, from the scholarly literature is the comparative analysis that underscores the contrasts as well as the similarities of the Enlightenments in Scotland and France. This book shows that, although the similarities of "enlightened" political thought in the two countries are substantial, the differences are also remarkable and stand out in culminating relief in the Scottish and French reactions to the American Revolution. Mark Hulliung argues that it was 1776, not 1789, that was the moment when the spokespersons for Enlightenment in Scotland and France parted company.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-08-02
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt410 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Research in Early Modern History
Antal sidor188
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138633902

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Preface1. Introduction: Enlightenment in Two Languages and Multiple Dialects2. Rousseau and the Scottish EnlightenmentI. Rousseau and Commercial SocietyII. Did Adam Smith and the Scots Write in Response to Rousseau?III. Reconsidering the Letter to the Edinburgh ReviewIV. Rousseau and the Scots: Alternative Approaches3. Montesquieu in Scotland and FranceI. Montesquieu’s Enlightened LegacyII. Montesquieu in ScotlandIII. Montesquieu in France4. Enlightened Morality in Scotland and FranceI. From the Old Philosophy to the New: the ScotsII. From the Old Philosophy to the New: the FrenchIII. From Ethics to Politics5. Monarchies and Republics in Scotland and FranceI. Modernizing Classical RepublicanismII. An Anti-Machiavellian MomentIII. Monarchies and Republics in ScotlandIV. Monarchies and Republics in France6. The Social Contract in Scotland and FranceI. The Social Contract in Scotland: the Early YearsII. The Social Contract in Scotland: the Later YearsIII. The Social Contract in France: from the Early to the Middle YearsIV. The Social Contract in France: from the Middle to the Later YearsV. The Social Contract and the American Revolution7. Conclusion: Looking Back, Looking Forward

'Broadly interdisciplinary in its breadth, Hulliung’s study brings precision, subtlety, and nuance to our understanding of the relationship between the French and Scottish Enlightenments. Well-grounded in a detailed knowledge of all relevant texts, his argument moves effortlessly among them, producing original insights that are grounded historically. Where other scholars have imagined and projected debate and engagement between France and Scotland, Hulliung takes his lead from Montesquieu to offer historicized comparative analyses of moral and political thought, often highlighting significant divergences as well as similarities, and thereby enriching our understanding of the complexity and richness of eighteenth-century philosophy in its movements across the Channel.'Julia Simon, University of California, Davis, USA