Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment
Author | : Christopher Berry |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780748673865 |
ISBN-13 | : 0748673865 |
Rating | : 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Download or read book Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment written by Christopher Berry and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, Lord Kames, John Millar, James Dunbar and Gilbert Stuart were at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thought. This introductory survey offers the student a clear, accessible interpretation and synthesis of the social thought of these historically significant thinkers. Organised thematically, it takes the student through their accounts of social institutions, their critique of individualism, their methodology, their views of progress and of moral and cultural values. By taking human sociality as their premise, the book shows how they produced important analyses of historical change, politics and morality, together with an assessment of their own commercial society.