Dugald Stewart''s Empire of the Mind - Moral Education in the Late Scottish Enlightenment

Studies Dugald Stewart's philosophical works to provide a new understanding of the late Scottish Enlightenment in its transatlantic contexts.

List of contents

• Introduction: Situating Dugald Stewart in the Scottish Enlightenment


• 1: Becoming a Moral Pedagogue, 1772-1792


• 2: Democratizing Moral Education, 1792-1802


• 3: Teaching Moral Economy, 1799-1809


• 4: Defending Didactic Enlightenment, 1805-1815


• 5: Globalizing a Moral Empire of the Mind, 1816-1828


• Epilogue: Recovering Stewart's Legacy after the Scottish Enlightenment

About the author

Charles Bradford Bow is Lecturer in Modern History and Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. He is the editor of Common Sense in the Scottish Enlightenment (OUP, 2018) and co-editor with Michael Brown of 525 Years in the Pursuit of Truth: A New History of the University of Aberdeen (AUP, 2022). His research on the intellectual history of Scottish Enlightenment philosophy has appeared in Modern Intellectual History, Scottish Historical Review, Historical Research, Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques, History of European Ideas, Intellectual History Review, and the Journal of Scottish Philosophy.

Summary

Studies Dugald Stewart's philosophical works to provide a new understanding of the late Scottish Enlightenment in its transatlantic contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Bradford Bow, Charles Bradford (Lecturer in Modern History Bow, Bow Charles Bradford
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9780192865380
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286538-0
• No. of pages: 254
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, c 1500 onwards to present day, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social and cultural history, Ethics and moral philosophy, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Slavery and abolition of slavery