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Book SynopsisThis major work of academic reference provides a comprehensive overview of the development of political thought during the European Enlightenment. Written by a distinguished team of international contributors, this is the latest in a sequence of volumes now established as the principal reference source for the history of political thought.
Trade Review'The six volume Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Political Thought is the triumphant embodiment of a collective effort spanning three generations. The scholarly standard is high; the array of volumes gives an impression of careful, massive and reassuring permanence.' The Times Literary Supplement
'… a definitive resource to anyone wishing to achieve a closer familiarity with these episodes in Enlightenment thought, or who wants to reconnect present philosophical outlooks with their historical beginnings.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy
Table of ContentsCitations and abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The Ancien Régime and its Critics: 1. The spirit of nations Sylvana Tomaselli; 2. The English system of liberty Mark Goldie; 3. Scepticism, priestcraft, and toleration Richard H. Popkin and Mark Goldie; 4. Piety and politics in the century of lights Dale K. Van Kley; Part II. The New Light of Reason: 5. The comparative study of regimes and societies Melvin Richter; 6. Encyclopaedias and the diffusion of knowledge Daniel Roche; 7. Optimism, progress, and philosophical history Haydn Mason; 8. Naturalism, anthropology, and culture Wolfgang Pross; Part III. Natural Jurisprudence and the Science of Legislation: 9. German natural law Knud Haakonssen; 10. Natural rights in the Scottish Enlightenment James Moore; 11. The mixed constitution and the common law David Lieberman; 12. Social contract theory and its critics Patrick Riley; Part IV. Commerce, Luxury, and Political Economy: 13. The early Enlightenment debate on commerce and luxury Istvan Hont; 14. Physiocracy and the politics of laissez-faire T. J. Hochstrasser; 15. Scottish political economy Donald Winch; 16. Property, community, and citizenship Michael Sonenscher; Part V. The Promotion of Public Happiness: 17. Philosophical kingship and Enlightened despotism Derek Beales; 18. Cameralism and the sciences of the state Keith Tribe; 19. Utilitarianism and the reform of the criminal law Frederick Rosen; 20. Republicanism and popular sovereignty Iring Fetscher; Part VI. The Enlightenment and Revolution: 21. The American Revolution Gordon S. Wood; 22. Political languages of the French Revolution Keith Baker; 23. British radicalism and the anti-Jacobins Iain Hampsher-Monk; 24. Ideology and the origins of social science Robert Wokler; Biographies; Bibliographies; Index.
