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"This fine study will repay the attention of those who want to understand early modern political philosophy as well as those seeking to puzzle out the native human ambivalence about risk."---Thomas W. Merrill, Review of Politics

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Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 "Experience Concludeth Nothing Universally" Hobbes and the Groundwork for a Political Theory of Risk 9 Chapter 3 The Risks of Political Authority Trust, Knowledge, and Political Agency in Locke's Politics and Economy 41 Chapter 4 Hume's Fine Balance On Probability, Fear, and the Risks of Trade 69 Chapter 5 Adventurous Spirits and Clamoring Sophists Smith on the Problem of Risk in Political Economy 98 Chapter 6 An Age of Risk, a Liberalism of Anxiety 124 Notes 131 References 157 Index 167

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: 13/09/2016
      ISBN13: 9780691165103, 978-0691165103
      ISBN10: 0691165106
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "This fine study will repay the attention of those who want to understand early modern political philosophy as well as those seeking to puzzle out the native human ambivalence about risk."---Thomas W. Merrill, Review of Politics

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 "Experience Concludeth Nothing Universally" Hobbes and the Groundwork for a Political Theory of Risk 9 Chapter 3 The Risks of Political Authority Trust, Knowledge, and Political Agency in Locke's Politics and Economy 41 Chapter 4 Hume's Fine Balance On Probability, Fear, and the Risks of Trade 69 Chapter 5 Adventurous Spirits and Clamoring Sophists Smith on the Problem of Risk in Political Economy 98 Chapter 6 An Age of Risk, a Liberalism of Anxiety 124 Notes 131 References 157 Index 167

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