{"product_id":"mandevilles-fable-9780691219172","title":"Mandevilles Fable","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jeffrey Collins, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMandeville’s Fable\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Glory M. Liu, \u003ci\u003eCentre for the Study of Governance \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eMandeville’s Fable\u003c\/i\u003e] 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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Brandon Turner, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] excellent book.\" * Choice *","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403910029655,"sku":"9780691219172","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691219172.jpg?v=1730484861","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mandevilles-fable-9780691219172","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}