Pragmatic Enlightenment - Recovering the Liberalism of Hume, Smith, Montesquieu, and Voltaire

A study of the political theory of the Enlightenment, focusing on four key eighteenth-century thinkers: David Hume, Adam Smith, Montesquieu and Voltaire.

Sommario

Introduction; Part I. Hegemonic Universalism?: 1. Morality in context; 2. Pragmatic liberalism; Part II. Blind Faith in Reason?: 3. The age of the limits of reason; 4. The perils of political rationalism; Part III. Atomistic Individualism?: 5. The social and encumbered self; 6. Negative liberty for a positive community; Conclusion.

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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 argues that these thinkers exemplify a particularly attractive type of liberalism, one that is more realistic, moderate, flexible, and contextually sensitive than most other branches of this tradition.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Dennis C. Rasmussen
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 18.11.2013
• EAN: 9781107045002
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04500-2
• Pagine: 357
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; History of Ideas, Europe, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards