The Case for the Enlightenment is a comparative study of the emergence of Enlightenment in Scotland and in Naples. Challenging the tendency to fragment the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Europe into multiple Enlightenments, the distinguished intellectual historian John Robertson demonstrates the extent to which thinkers in two societies at the opposite ends of Europe shared common intellectual preoccupations. Before 1700, Scotland and Naples faced a bleak future as backward, provincial kingdoms in a Europe of ...
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The Case for the Enlightenment is a comparative study of the emergence of Enlightenment in Scotland and in Naples. Challenging the tendency to fragment the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Europe into multiple Enlightenments, the distinguished intellectual historian John Robertson demonstrates the extent to which thinkers in two societies at the opposite ends of Europe shared common intellectual preoccupations. Before 1700, Scotland and Naples faced a bleak future as backward, provincial kingdoms in a Europe of aggressive commercial states. Yet by 1760, Scottish and Neapolitan thinkers were in the van of those advocating the cause of Enlightenment by means of political economy. By studying the social and institutional contexts of intellectual life in the two countries, and the currents of thought promoted within them, The Case for the Enlightenment explains this transformation. John Robertson pays particular attention to the greatest thinkers in each country, David Hume and Giambattista Vico.
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Near Fine Condition in Near Fine jacket. 9780521847872. VG+/VG+ 1st ed Cambridge hardback, unclipped DJ, bright and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Philosophy; ISBN: 0521847877. ISBN/EAN: 9780521847872. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 091491.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1000grams, ISBN: 9780521847872.
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Very good in Good jacket. Jacked spine is sunned, but legibility is not affected. Jacket is lightly worn, particularly along edges. Bottom edge of back jacket has open tear. Back jacket has previous seller's price sticker. Spine is cracked but secure. Cover and edges are gently worn. Front free end paper has previous owner's signature. Inside is clean and unmarked.