{"product_id":"humes-philosophical-politics-9780521319973","title":"Humes Philosophical Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a study of Hume's political thought based on a survey of all his writings and is presented in its historical context as an innovative, 'philosophical', empirically based system of politics for a radical post-revolutionary age, and a political education for parochial, backward-looking party men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview of the hardback: 'Mr Forbes succeeds admirably as Hume's philosophical politics is scrupulously analysed against the background of events and thought of his predecessors and contemporaries … Specialists in eighteenth-century English history and philosophy should welcome this addition to Hume scholarship and perhaps it may be regarded as a standard work …' History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroductory preface; Abbreviations; Part I. The Foundations of Politics: 1. The experimental method in morals: the natural law forerunners; 2. A modern theory of Natural Law; 3. Political obligation for 'moderate men'; 4. Social experience and the uniformity of human nature; Part II. Philosophical Politics: 5. Scientific and vulgar Whiggism; 6. Applied philosophy, genuine and false: Hume and the Court and Country parties in 1741–1742; 7. The primacy of political institutions; Part III. Philosophical History: 8. The History of England: philosophical history as establishment history; 9. The limits of philosophical history; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767649763671,"sku":"9780521319973","price":35.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780521319973.jpg?v=1758714183","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/humes-philosophical-politics-9780521319973","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}