The political thought of Hume and his contemporaries : enlightenment projects

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Title
"The political thought of Hume and his contemporaries : enlightenment projects"
Statement of Responsibility
Frederick G. Whelan
Publisher
  • Routledge
Publication Year
  • 2015
Book size
24 cm
Series Name / No
  • v. 1 : hardback
  • v. 2 : hardback

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Summary: "Intended for scholars in the fields of political theory, and the history of political thought, this two-volume examines David Hume's Political Thought (1711-1776) and that of his contemporaries, including Smith, Blackstone, Burke and Robertson. This book is unified by its temporal focus on the middle and later decades of the eighteenth century and hence on what is usually taken to be the core period of the Enlightenment, a somewhat problematic term. Covering topics such as property, contract and resistance theory, religious establishments, the law of nations, the balance of power, demography, and the role of unintended consequences in social life, Frederick G. Whelan convincingly conveys the diversity--and creativity--of the intellectual engagements of even a limited set of Enlightenment thinkers in contrast to dismissive attitudes, in some quarters, toward the Enlightenment and its supposed unitary project. Political Thought of Hume and his Contemporaries: Enlightenment Projects Vol. 1 contains si

Includes bibliographical references and index

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