Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution

This book offers the first study of the Scottish Enlightenment reception and interpretation of the French Revolution.

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Burke-Paine Debate and Scotland's Science of Man: 1. The Burke-Paine debate and the Scottish Enlightenment; 2. The heritage of Hume and Smith: Scotland's science of man and politics; Part II. The 1790s: 3. Scotland's political debate; 4. James Mackintosh and Scottish philosophical history; 5. John Millar and the Scottish discussion on war, modern sociability and national sentiment; 6. Adam Ferguson on democracy and empire; Part III. 1802-15: 7. The French Revolution and the Edinburgh Review; 8. Commerce, war and empire; Conclusion.

About the author

Anna Plassart is a Junior Research Fellow in Modern History at Christ Church, Oxford.

Summary

This book recovers the Scottish Enlightenment's forgotten commentary on the French Revolution. It argues that this commentary is both a major intellectual discussion in its own right and essential to our understanding of how Enlightenment philosophy and the heritage of Adam Smith were reinterpreted for post-revolutionary Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Plassart, Anna (Christ Church Plassart
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.2015
• EAN: 9781107091764
• ISBN: 978-1-107-09176-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Ideas in Context; Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education