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"An astute and engaging work of intellectual history. . . . Mr. Douglass’s book insightfully probes Mandeville’s account of prideful sociability, testing it against the criticism of, among others, David Hume."---Jeffrey Collins, Wall Street Journal
"Mandeville’s Fable is an enviably learned volume. Lucidly written and judicious in tone, Douglass’ treatment of Mandeville as a social philosopher par excellence sets a high bar for scholars who hope to walk the interpretive tightrope between intellectual history and philosophy as effortlessly as he does."---Glory M. Liu, Centre for the Study of Governance & Society
"[Mandeville’s Fable] is a work of serious scholarship. . . . Douglass provides a clear and compelling account of Mandeville’s moral and social thought, one that establishes its subject as a serious thinker whose provocative and ‘unsettling’ . . . ideas retain today their power to provoke and unsettle."---Brandon Turner, Perspectives on Politics
"[An] excellent book." * Choice *

Mandevilles Fable

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 2 May 2023
      ISBN-13 9780691219172
      978-0691219172
      ISBN-10 0691219176
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      Political science and theory Western philosophy: Enlightenment

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "An astute and engaging work of intellectual history. . . . Mr. Douglass’s book insightfully probes Mandeville’s account of prideful sociability, testing it against the criticism of, among others, David Hume."---Jeffrey Collins, Wall Street Journal
      "Mandeville’s Fable is an enviably learned volume. Lucidly written and judicious in tone, Douglass’ treatment of Mandeville as a social philosopher par excellence sets a high bar for scholars who hope to walk the interpretive tightrope between intellectual history and philosophy as effortlessly as he does."---Glory M. Liu, Centre for the Study of Governance & Society
      "[Mandeville’s Fable] is a work of serious scholarship. . . . Douglass provides a clear and compelling account of Mandeville’s moral and social thought, one that establishes its subject as a serious thinker whose provocative and ‘unsettling’ . . . ideas retain today their power to provoke and unsettle."---Brandon Turner, Perspectives on Politics
      "[An] excellent book." * Choice *

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