Scottish Enlightenment and the French Revolution

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.

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, Plassart Anna
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9781107464568
• ISBN: 978-1-107-46456-8
• No. of pages: 265
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Western philosophy: Enlightenment