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Dennis C. Rasmussen - The Pragmatic Enlightenment, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

The Pragmatic Enlightenment

Recovering the Liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire

Av Dennis C. Rasmussen

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This is a study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four leading eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire. Dennis C. Rasmussen calls attention to the particular strand of the Enlightenment these thinkers represent, which he terms the 'pragmatic Enlightenment'. He defends this strand of Enlightenment thought against both the Enlightenment's critics and some of the more idealistic Enlightenment figures who tend to have more followers today, such as John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Jeremy Bentham. Professor Rasmussen argues that Hume, Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire exemplify an especially attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2017-11-30
  • Mått: 153 x 230 x 20 mm
  • Vikt: 530 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 359
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781107622999
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Dennis C. Rasmussen is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, Massachusetts. He is the author of The Problems and Promise of Commercial Society: Adam Smith's Response to Rousseau (2008), which received an honorable mention for the Delba Winthrop Award for Excellence in Political Science.

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“Analyzed through the lenses of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire, Rasmussen’s ‘pragmatic Enlightenment’ brings a welcome contribution to the recent debates on radical and moderate Enlightenment; it also invites us to reconsider the nature of liberalism and the points made by some of its critics. A thorough and superbly researched work, philosophically sensitive to the complex legacy of the Enlightenment and written with clarity and conviction, this book will be of great interest to political theorists, historians, sociologists, and philosophers.” -- Dr. Aurelian Craiutu, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, Bloomington

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