Explicitly address the 19th century legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment Explores the multi-stranded legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment in nineteenth-century culture Offers a fresh approach to relations of faith and unbelief in nineteenth-century Scotland Provides a multi-disciplinary account of nineteenth-century Scottish intellectual concerns, including literature, philosophy, natural science, theology, political economy, anthropology Engages with the influential thesis of George Davie on the character and history of ...
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Explicitly address the 19th century legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment Explores the multi-stranded legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment in nineteenth-century culture Offers a fresh approach to relations of faith and unbelief in nineteenth-century Scotland Provides a multi-disciplinary account of nineteenth-century Scottish intellectual concerns, including literature, philosophy, natural science, theology, political economy, anthropology Engages with the influential thesis of George Davie on the character and history of Scottish intellectual life from Enlightenment to twentieth century This collection explores the richness of Scottish intellectual life, its currents and controversies from the French Revolution to the First World War, focusing in particular on the legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment. Offering a series of cutting-edge interventions, the contributors cast light on a range of individuals, themes and episodes from the period. Topics range from the role of women as intellectuals to the rise of a science of race, and from freethinking secularism to the debate over George Davie's influential account of 19th-century universities. Collectively, the chapters represent a pioneering overview of Scottish intellectual life during the long 19th century.
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