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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.

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title Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment author Berry - photo 1
title:Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment
author:Berry, Christopher J.
publisher:Edinburgh University Press
isbn10 | asin:0748608648
print isbn13:9780748608645
ebook isbn13:9780585060835
language:English
subjectSocial sciences--Scotland--History--18th century, Social sciences--Scotland--Philosophy, Philosophy, Scottish--18th century, Enlightenment--Scotland.
publication date:1997
lcc:H53.G7B47 1997eb
ddc:300.9
subject:Social sciences--Scotland--History--18th century, Social sciences--Scotland--Philosophy, Philosophy, Scottish--18th century, Enlightenment--Scotland.
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Social Theory of the Scottish Enlightenment
Christopher J. Berry
Edinburgh University Press
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Dedication
To all those Politics Honours students at Glasgow who opted for the Scottish Enlightenment
Christopher J. Berry, 1997
Edinburgh University Press
22 George Square, Edinburgh
Typeset in Monotype Ehrhardt by Carnegie Publishing, 18 Maynard St, Preston and printed and bound in Great Britain
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0-7486-0864-8
The right of Christopher J. Berry to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act (1988).
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Contents
Preface
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Abbreviations
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1 The Enlightenment and Scotland
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A: The Enlightenment
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B: Eighteenth-century Scotland
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Notes
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2 Sociality and the Critique of Individualism
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A: The Evidence
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B: Explanations of Sociality
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C: The Critique of Individualism
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D: Unintended Consequences and the Demotion of Purposive Rationality
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E: Conclusion
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Notes
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3 Science, Explanation and History
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A: Baconianism
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B: Causal Explanation
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C: Conjectural History
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D: Conclusion
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Notes
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4 Social Diversity
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A: Relativism
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B: Moral and Physical Causes
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C: Conclusion
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Notes
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5 Social History
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